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Extreme Heat and Agriculture Report 2026
April 26 , 2026
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- The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Meteorological Organization jointly released the report “Extreme Heat and Agriculture” on April 22, 2026 (Earth Day).
- The report warns that extreme heat could make farm work unsafe for up to 250 days a year by century’s end.
- Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat exposure, with about 470 billion working hours lost annually.
- Crop yields decline with rising temperatures, with losses of up to 7.5% per 1°C increase.
- Around 1 billion livelihoods are at risk, especially in regions like the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
- The report also highlights “thermal safety margin” reduction and rise of flash droughts, worsening agricultural stress and productivity.
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