Addressing impact of climate change on crops
By Rajesh Kumar New Delhi: To address the impact of climate change and variability on crops, horticulture, livestock, and fisheries, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research […]
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Govt drones to verify farmland cropping
By Sanjeev Kumar Verma Patna: Plans are afoot to use drones for collecting authentic data about cropped areas in Bihar to help farmers in case they fail […]
639 Indian farmers commit suicide to protest crop failure
India’s rights watchdog has sounded the alarm over the suicide of hundreds of farmers in the western state of Maharashtra in recent months, calling for […]
As temperature rises, India’s farm-suicide ‘epidemic’ will worsen: US scientist advises ‘urgent’ action
By Charu Bahri Tamma Carleton, a doctoral student in agricultural and resource economics at the University of California-Berkeley, says without adaptation, India’s suicide epidemic will continue […]
India’s water-logged farmers try out revamped flood insurance
By Huizhong Wu MADHURPATTI, India: When heavy rains swept through this village in northern Bihar in August and September, so much floodwater covered farmers’ fields that […]
Indian agrarian crisis and impact on banking
By Riyaz A Bhat This crisis has been attributed to growing burden of credit on farming community and their inability of making repayment as a result […]