📌 *Climate Impact on Onion Farming 🔄🌧️* 🔹 Unseasonal rains & climate change causing losses in Maharashtra 🔹 Crop insurance demand surges 📈— insured area rose from 26,118 ha (2022) to 7.43 lakh ha (2024-25) 🔹 Farmers pay just ₹1 premium under PM Fasal Bima Yojana 🌾💰 📌 *Maharashtra – India's Onion Hub 🧅🇮🇳* 🔹 Produces 34% of India's onions 🔹 Excess rainfall damaged crops in Nashik (4 of last 5 years) 🔹 Heavy summer rainfall (2023) led to Rabi crop losses 📌 *Key Concerns 🎓👨‍🌾* 🔹 Climate variations cause fungal attacks & thrips 🔹 Crop insurance helps protect farmers from losses