How accurate long-range forecasts of monsoon onset can be climate adaptation tool for farmers
Study looks into farmers’ behaviour based on forecast information, insurance in 250 Telangana villages
Plant treaty: Ways to benefit custodians of agricultural biodiversity in focus
Treaty calls on nations to protect, promote their rights to save and use traditional seeds
70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report
Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion
India lost crops on 18 million hectares to extreme floods from 2017-2019: Govt
Madhya Pradesh hardest-hit; figures show gross underestimation of crop losses due to floods
Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil
Combining deep bed farming with legume intercropping can enhance the benefits already being achieved by both systems independently
Ethiopian meteorologists warn of heavy rainfall impact on health, agriculture
Above-average rainfall will damage infrastructure, cause migration and lead to outbreaks of vector- and water-borne diseases
Cashew farmers in Odisha to suffer losses as tea mosquito bug destroys crops
Around 40% cashew plants in the state infected by bugs, estimate experts
Research establishes link between farmer suicides and climate change
MGNREGS & social protection schemes are the way out, paper notes
Untimely January rain damages rabi crop, vegetables in Odisha’s Nuapada
The spell of winter showers affected the small and big farmers alike
Climate impacts in Angola: Green harvests to be slightly below average, shows analysis
The late and varied pattern of rain is negatively affecting crop growth in Angola, report notes
Agriculture least hit by COVID-19: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey also pointed out that higher growth in allied sectors, especially livestock, has also contributed to the total agricultural …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
India reports 22% less sowing till second week of 2022 kharif season, compared to last year
The southwest monsoon has entered the country, but the initial rainfall figures have become a source of trouble for farmers
Jowar an ideal alternative to wheat in times of increasing temperatures
Without pragmatic changes in managing how wheat is cultivated in India, the yields are likely to decrease by 5 per cent, the research notes
Ominous change: Changing behaviour of western disturbances will impact agriculture; here is how
Sowing of rabi crops in regions that lack irrigation facilities will be affected; similarly, delayed withdrawal could lead to a late harvest, …
Ahead of SC hearing on GM mustard, activists accuse Centre of misleading apex court
Supreme Court did not get the opportunity to hear the parties in 2016 and 2017 because of repeated undertakings made by the Centre, saying …
South Bihar farmers say drought compensation too little too late
Compensation not extended to farmers in North Bihar where crop loss was significant too
Hailstones ‘as big as berries’: Farmers in MP’s Niwari district suffer immense crop losses
Cold weather in Madhya Pradesh due to western disturbances expected to last till January 12
The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media
The proliferation of smart phones means many people have an encyclopedia of knowledge, a high-resolution digital camera and GPS in their pockets
COVID-19 lockdown halts crop damage assessment in Haryana
Heavy rain, hail in first half of March had caused widespread damage to wheat and mustard
Telangana farmers pushed to suicide after pest attack destroys chilli crop
There has been no announcement on compensation to farmers who have lost their crops
Excessive July rains destroyed 800,000 hectares of crops in Maharashtra
Marathwada, Vidharba regions heavily affected
Monsoon 2022: Erratic rains may delay Odisha Kharif crops
Dry June led to late paddy transplantation; More than half of targetted acreage lie uncultivated
Kharif farming affected as monsoon plays truant in Odisha
The state received around 17 per cent deficit rainfall in June 2021
As told to Parliament (November 30, 2021): 5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020
All that was discussed in the House through the day