Climate change is slashing Sreemangal’s tea harvests and driving away tourists. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SREEMANGAL, Bangladesh – Ms Phul Kumari has picked tea in north-eastern Bangladesh for three decades, but the 45-year-old says she has never experienced heat and drought like that during this harvest season.
But in recent years, as the planet heats up, temperatures have been rising, hitting a sweltering 39 deg C in Sreemangal in May. Worse still, rainfall that month was half of the usual levels. “Rainy season is the peak time for Sreemangal tourism”, including the 60 resorts in the area, he said. “But this time tourists are not coming.”Workers suffer most
The heat left her so tired, she added, that she struggled to get her own household chores done at home after arriving exhausted from work. Mr Romij Uddin, an agronomy professor at Bangladesh Agricultural University, said higher temperatures are also leading to worsening pest problems, particularly with red spider mites, which damage leaves and require pesticide applications to control.
“We are predicting the production will decline due to hot temperatures. For the last few years the temperature has been rising but this year it is worse,” said Mr Muhammad Madhul Kabir Chowdhury, the board’s deputy director for trade.
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