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Philippine rice growers on front lines of climate change fight

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Merriam Saba took a chance on alternate wetting and drying in her rice paddy in Los Banos, the Philippines, nine years ago and has never looked back. (Photo by Sherwin Vardeleon)

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Philippine rice growers on front lines of climate change fight

Fewer flooded paddies could mitigate a leading source of Southeast Asia’s methane emissions