{"id":42060,"date":"2014-05-31T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T11:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=42060"},"modified":"2014-05-31T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T11:13:01","slug":"documentary-pakistans-mountain-farmers-helpless-face-erratic-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2014\/05\/31\/documentary-pakistans-mountain-farmers-helpless-face-erratic-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary &#8211; Pakistan&#8217;s mountain farmers &#8216;helpless&#8217; in face of erratic weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78272636\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/78272636\">Pakistan&#8217;s mountain farmers &#8216;helpless&#8217; in face of erratic weather<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/trftrust\">Thomson Reuters Foundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"first\" style=\"color: #71767a; text-align: justify;\">One night was all it took for Bibi Baskiya\u2019s fortunes to be reversed. In June the young farmer had sown maize on half an acre of land in Danyore, a scenic mountain village in northern Pakistan\u2019s Gilgit-Baltistan province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #71767a; text-align: justify;\">\u201cA sudden rainstorm and heavy winds flattened 80 percent of the standing crop,\u201d she said. The maize is now only good to be used as fodder for her cattle, and she will not recover the cost of cultivating it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #71767a; text-align: justify;\">Baskiya is one of many farmers in this remote region whose livelihoods are threatened by the effects of erratic weather and climate change. Experts say measures are desperately needed to help them adapt to unreliable rainfall, but few &#8211; if any \u2013 are available so far.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s mountain farmers &#8216;helpless&#8217; in face of erratic weather from Thomson Reuters Foundation on Vimeo. One night was all it took for Bibi Baskiya\u2019s fortunes to be reversed. 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