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Weather-weary Indian farmers resort to new cash crop: blood

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:22 GMT

Author: Shuriah Niazi By Shuriah Niazi

JHANSI, India, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Karna, a farmer from Badgaon village in northern India, has few options but to sell his blood for money, after persistent drought left him unable to live off his land.

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