Adapting to a warming world

Chitwood surveying his field of recently planted canola at his farm near Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. Canadian farmers are fumbling for solutions to recurrent droughts, aware of their limited room for manoeuvre. — AFP

FOLLOWING repeated droughts, Canadian farmers are trying to adapt to a new era in agriculture marked by a warming world – including by trapping snow in their fields, planting heat-resistant crops and seeding earlier in the season.

But it’s unclear, they are the first to admit, if their slogging will bear fruit.