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Pakistan's beloved mangoes are at risk as climate change shrinks harvest

By Diaa Hadid
Published August 5, 2022 at 2:20 PM PDT
This story was published more than 2 years ago.

Pakistanis proudly call their sweet mangoes "the king of fruit," and the country even practices "mango diplomacy." But can it survive climate change?

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.
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