Heat, floods wipe out farms in Asia's chilli capital Kunri
Before the floods, hot temperatures made it harder to grow chilli, which needs more moderate conditions
Source: tribune.com.pk
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Before the floods, hot temperatures made it harder to grow chilli, which needs more moderate conditions
Floods that wreaked havoc across Pakistan after years of high temperatures have left chilli farmers struggling.
Traders say there is a huge drop in this year's chili crop.
Near Kunri, a southern Pakistani town known as Asia's chilli capital, 40-year old farmer Leman Raj rustles through dried plants looking for any of the bright red chillis in his largely destroyed crop which may have survived.