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  • Suryapal Singh shows the oilseeds in his farmland in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. During the normal rain, the oil seeds would have been ready, but are now dwarfed because of less rain. Less rains have affected his crop production adversely. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • 55 year old Rama and her grand daughter Jyoti look on as Shiv Kumar  (foreground) speaks of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season outside his house in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Young children play in the rain in Rajagaon village in Machreta block of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ritesh is seen working on the paddy (rice) fields in a village in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The height of the paddy is visibly shorter than average because of less and late rain. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • 55 year old Rama and her grand daughter Jyoti look on as Shiv Kumar  (foreground) speaks of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Suryapal Singh (right) shows the usual height of oilseeds in his farmland in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. The oilseed crops are now dwarfed because of less rain. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A woman is seen working on the paddy (rice) fields in a village in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The height of the paddy is visibly shorter than average because of less and late rain. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Shiv Kumar is seen visibly worried of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season. He is seen outside his house in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Children are seen carrying firewood in rain in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Shiv Kumar is seen visibly worried of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season. He is seen outside his house in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A cattle shed in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle back to the village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle on barren farmlands in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Sushil Kumar, one of the most influential land owners in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India poses for a portrait in his barren farmland. He produces peppermint, rice, wheat and sugarcane but late rains have affected his production this season. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Cattle graze in farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A cattle shed in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is attempting to catch the calf in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle back to the village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ram Dass poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ram Dass poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ram Dass (right) poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ram Dass poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • 22 members of the family depend of Suryapal Singh (not in picture). Less rains have affected his crop production adversely. His family is solely dependent on farming. Here his wife is seen with her grandson in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • 22 members of the family depend of Suryapal Singh (centre). Less rains have affected his crop production adversely. Here he is seen with part of his family in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is seen walking his buffalo on barren farmlands in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • 28 year old, Ravindra Kumar, one of the farmers of Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India points to his barren farmland. He usually produces rice, wheat and sugarcane but this season he has been unable to grow any crop because of late rains. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Sushil Kumar is one of the most influential land owners in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. He produces peppermint, rice, wheat and sugarcane but late rains have affected his production this season. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Sushil Kumar (left) is one of the most influential land owners in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. He produces peppermint, rice, wheat and sugarcane but late rains have affected his production this season. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ramdolari (right) doesn't have land of her own. Here, she is seen with her children, sowing chilli in the land she has taken on a contract basis. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer is seen ploughing his farmland in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A woman walks past the dried up Mourawa Rajwaha Canal in Unnao, Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Cyclists ride past the dried up Mourawa Rajwaha Canal in Unnao, Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Dried up parched farm lands are seen in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Cattle graze in farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Dried up parched farm lands are seen in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Villagers in Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Villagers are seen next to their barren farmlands in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 yea average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young man is seen walking past barren farmlands in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy seen in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 yea average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Ramdolari (centre) doesn't have land of her own. Here, she is seen with her children, sowing chilli in the land she has taken on a contract basis. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A woman is seen walking past barren farmlands in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Shatrughan Lal (right) and Deepak Kumar (left) are seen next to their barren farmlands in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 yea average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Construction workers mend the bridge over Indira Canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. This canal is the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Construction workers mend the bridge over Indira Canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. This canal is the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A young boy is seen in a canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Canal are the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Children gather in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 yea average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer is seen irrigating his farmland using water pump in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer is seen irrigating his farmland using water pump in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer is seen ploughing his farmland in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer is seen ploughing his farmland in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Daily wage labourers are seen weeding out the grass from the rice fields in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Daily wage labourers are seen weeding out the grass from the rice fields in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A woman walks past the dried up parched farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A farmer walks past his paddy field in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Construction workers mend the bridge over Indira Canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. This canal is the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes a women and a school boy through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller is seen driving through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller is seen taking a rickshaw full of luggage through the busy street during the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller is seen taking a rickshaw full of luggage through the busy street during the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in the old part of the city in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • Pedestrians in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the water logged streets on his rickshaw in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • Two elderly gentlemen are seen talking to each other in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • A soldier from the paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is seen patrolling the streets on a rainy day in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • People are seen waiting at crossroads on a rainy day in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • The local residents seen sheltering from the rain and around the graveyards at the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines. The scarcity of land and ever growing population has led the local filipinos to live in the same space around the graveyards in the Cemetary. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Traffic moves slowly in a busy marketplace fter the rain in Manila, the capital of Philippines. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • A young Filipino woman stands on the tombs and bathes in the rain at the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines. The scarcity of land and ever growing population has led the local filipinos to live in the same space around the graveyards in the Cemetary. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • A young girl walks past though a shanty town with an alley filled with collected rain water in Sitio Aroma in Barangay 105, Manila in Philippines. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • A young Filipino woman stands on the tombs and bathes in the rain at the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines. The scarcity of land and ever growing population has led the local filipinos to live in the same space around the graveyards in the Cemetary. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • The local residents seen sheltering from the rain and around the graveyards at the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines. The scarcity of land and ever growing population has led the local filipinos to live in the same space around the graveyards in the Cemetary. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Traffic moves slowly and the crowds gather by the side of the road as the streets are clogged after the rain in Manila, the capital of Philippines. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Indian labourers share a lighter moment while taking a break from work (during rain) under the Barapullah Nallah bridge that connects the main stadium to the commonwealth village for the approaching 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, India.
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  • Indian labourers take a break from work (during rain) under the Barapullah Nallah bridge that connects the main stadium to the commonwealth village for the approaching 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, India.
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  • "I love these blankets, I've had them since I was a child," says 22 year old Ei zar as she points out to the half a dozen blankets that are neatly stacked up in the corner of the shelter.  "While the wind was blowing strong outside, I was busy wrapping them in plastic sheets. I was so upset they got wet in the rain, they are fine now," she adds and a faint smile appears on Zar's face...Refugees from the 7th ward, Hlaing Thayar township take shelter in the Swethanlwin building shopping complex which is  under construction and has acted as a small refugee centre outside of capital Yangoon, Myanmar.
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  • "I love these blankets, I've had them since I was a child," says 22 year old Ei zar as she points out to the half a dozen blankets that are neatly stacked up in the corner of the shelter.  "While the wind was blowing strong outside, I was busy wrapping them in plastic sheets. I was so upset they got wet in the rain, they are fine now," she adds and a faint smile appears on Zar's face...Refugees from the 7th ward, Hlaing Thayar township take shelter in the Swethanlwin building shopping complex which is  under construction and has acted as a small refugee centre outside of capital Yangoon, Myanmar.
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  • A man walks over an alley filled with collected rain water in Sitio Aroma in Barangay 105, Manila in Philippines. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Traffic moves slowly and the crowds gather by the side of the road as the streets are clogged after the rain in Manila, the capital of Philippines. Photo: Sanjit Das
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