The recent flooding has plunged small farmers in sharecropping arrangements further into debt with their landlords — a cycle that has worsened as extreme weather events become increasingly common.
Author: Christina Goldbaum, Zia ur-Rehman and Kiana Hayeri
Pakistan Suffers Record Flooding, Turning Villages Into Islands
The flooding has displaced more than 33 million people, submerging vast areas of Pakistan that are likely to take months to dry out.