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- Unseasonable intense heat is destroying tuber crops in Pathanamthitta and across Kerala.
- Crops like elephant foot yam and taro are drying up and failing to develop underground.
- Central Tuber Crops Research Institute reports estimate a production decline of 20 to 40 percent.
- Soil temperatures currently exceed atmospheric temperatures by three to five degrees Celsius.
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