Did you know that sunflowers aren't just pretty, they're also a model organism! Rishi uses sunflowers to study how different drought conditions affect agricultural out put.

Scientific overview of how droughts affect different groups: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://scholar.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1019&context=droughtfacpub

United Nations Water Report: http://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/world-water-development-report/

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