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In Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district, crop pattern changes, waning forest cover, an explosion of borewells, the death of a river, and more – have produced dramatic effects on land, air, water, forests and climate. “Three months in the year – it’s raining sand in this village,” says M Basha, another desert cultivator. “There’s less rains around Ugadi [Telugu New Year’s …