Farming on the edge: the Indian salt producers coping with 48C heat

An initiative to support female salt farmers in Gujarat provides loans to help them switch to solar in the face of climate changeOn the sunbaked salt flats of Gujarat, India, the vast, shimmering expanse of salt shines starkly in farmers’ eyes as they toil in the intense heat. India is the world’s third largest salt producer. More than 80,000 smallholder producer families harvest the salt in the Surendranagar district, its most prolific salt-producing region, in the dry months from O