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'Drought-flation' is driving the cost-of living crisis

Praveena Sridhar, Save Soil Movement

01 October 2025 • 4 min read

To secure affordable food, reduce economic shocks, and safeguard rural livelihoods, we need to start by improving the health of the earth beneath our feet, writes Praveena Sridhar from the Save Soil Movement

Extreme weather is no longer a distant climate threat - it is reshaping the economics of the food industry. Degraded soils cannot retain water and are therefore exacerbating the severity of droughts....

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'Drought-flation' is driving the cost-of living crisis

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