devastating drought: cultivated plants withering on crusty, arid soil in scorching summer heat

food security death aridity dehydration devastation agriculture wilting sunburn environmental disaster drought dusty dust bowl adaptation crop loss weather dry spell arid barren failure withering scorching famine resilience ecological crisis poverty cultivated plants environment yellow sustainability irrigation water scarcity soil global warming third world crusty desolate rural life survival landscape heat rain summer natural climate change brown harvest farming ecosystem