Why farms of every type and size have to be climate smart
This climate impact on agriculture is a cause for worry: the sector accounts for a large share in gross domestic product (16%) and employment (49%). […]
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Pune: Khadakwasla among three dams in India to become 100 per cent full during monsoon
By ANJALI MARAR According to the live water stock calculated till July 19, three reservoirs, including Khadakwasla, reached optimum capacity within a month-and-a-half of the monsoon […]
Indian agriculture lacks a vision. Why this is a bigger problem than floods and droughts
By R Jagannathan The distress caused to India’s farmers by drought and floods often gets blotted out by the macro statistics on agricultural growth It has […]
Indian Agriculture – what ails and fails the farmer?
By Ram Mudholkar New Delhi : Come June, the most anticipated news in India is the arrival of monsoons and the promise it holds for the […]
India to become 2-4 degrees Celsius warmer, but deaths due to heat are preventable
By Charu Bahri New Delhi : Scientists who studied India’s 2015 heatwave, which claimed 2,500 lives (over 1,700 in Andhra Pradesh alone), concluded that the region […]
Reservoir levels: More water than expected, more expected
by Amitabh Sinha New Delhi : Key reservoirs in the country, except those in the south, are showing comfortable storage levels for this time of […]
India expects farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in 2017-18 crop year
BY MADHVI SALLY NEW DELHI: India expects its farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in the 2017-18 crop year, penciling in normal rains […]
ICT use to boost PNG’s Agriculture sector
If you have made an urgent phone call to your family or sent a simple text message to a friend, then you have taken part […]