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    "Asia-Pacific",
    "Climate Change",
    "Disaster Management",
    "Economy & Trade",
    "Editors' Choice",
    "Environment",
    "Featured",
    "Food and Agriculture",
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  "textContent": "Monsoon season in South Asia, including Nepal, is a period of frequent rainfall, extreme heat, and a busy time of the year for farmers. Most farmers in Nepal depend on monsoon rain to plant paddey, the main source of food. Puspa Subedi, a farmer from Pokhara‑31, Talbesi, Kaski, in Gandaki Province, is ready for the […]",
  "title": "Dry Monsoon in South Asia: Looming Fears of Agricultural Loss, Extreme Heat, and Disaster"
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