DTE Coverage: Parched Marathwada

How Maharashtra’s drought-prone region does not have water though summer has not even peaked

No relief for Marathwada droughts: Failure of the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan

Through expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting, Down To Earth uncovers the systemic failures and shortcomings of the ambitious water …

El Nino drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba only 13% full: A disaster for people & wildlife

Over the long term, droughts could become more severe and the Kariba Dam could stop producing as much power

Bitter end to sweet limes: Farmers in parched Marathwada forced to uproot citrus orchards

Growers grapple with financial burden as water tankers become only lifeline for citrus trees

Right against climate change part of right to life, equality: Read the Supreme Court’s exact arguments

Adverse impacts of climate change infringe upon right to life, equality and clean environment, the bench notes

Back to farming roots: Odisha reinforced linkages among traditional grains, nutrition, resilience, food sovereignty 

Thousand farmers have been supported by Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to promote millets through a farm-to-fork approach

El Nino disasters: Governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared — what must change

There is a need to be clearer about who does what and coordinate preparations for disasters better

India’s parched rivers: At least 13 without water, much lower than same period last year

With peak summer days ahead, condition particularly alarming for farmlands that make up 60% of basin

MGNREGA uplifts villages in drought-prone Bundelkhand

Meegni and Himmatpura in Bundelkhand region have used the scheme to build check dams, water harvesting structures

Access to water is a crisis for the powerless

Fair access to water is an issue for millions of people in India. Who controls access and how this is governed needs fixing  

Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam 

A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area

Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study

Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes

A monumental waste: Crores spent on water-related works haven’t readied Jharkhand for droughts; here’s why

Poor planning of water conservation and water harvesting structures is a major reason

Coping with drought

Rainfall is scarce, groundwater levels have fallen; what exactly is happening in Rajasthan?

Jharkhand declares drought in 17 districts

The state overall recorded 38 per cent less rainfall than average during last monsoon

A way out of drought

Despite the government sinking crores, plight of the drought-affected people remains unchanged

Protracted suffering

A third of US reels under drought

Likely to experience dry spell till at least October 

DROUGHT HIT

No two droughts are alike

Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India

Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under drought-like conditions  

What southern Africa can learn from other countries about adapting to drought

Southern Africa should invest in innovative ways of saving water

Drought-hit South Africa to kill 350 hippos and buffaloes for feeding the poor

The protracted dry spell has caused a shortage of food for the animals

Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map

1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought

Climate change made the multi-year drought 25 times more likely in Syria and Iraq, 16 times in Iran: Analysis

If the world warms 2°C above the preindustrial era, similar droughts are predicted to strike about twice as often as they do now