Hyderabad, April 2 -- The Department of Anthropology at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has joined a global collaborative project to address mental health issues among farmers and farm workers in India caused by climate change and heat exposure.

Titled "TOLAKARI" - transformation of lived experience and knowledge of heat, agriculture, and depression in India - the global project aims to understand the reasons behind heat-related mental health issues among Indian farmers, the university said in a release on Thursday, April 2.

Through its research findings, TOLAKARI also aims to co-design a community-owned intervention to address the mental health issues and provide support.

Farmers are one of the most vulnerable communities to heat ex...