Nagaland paddy farmers worry over drought-like conditions

Paddy is grown mostly for self-consumption in Nagaland. A drought-like situation due to deficit rainfall has affected cultivation

Scientists sound the alarm over drought in East Africa: What must happen next

The next five years will very likely bring a strong El Niño causing more drought disasters

Climate change is real: After near-drought, Odisha deluged due to four days of heavy rain

Some 24 of Odisha’s 30 districts had faced a drought-like situation according to the rainfall report from June 1-August 25, 2021

How climate change contributed to Madagascar’s food crisis

Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first climate change famine. Tens of thousands of people are suffering catastrophic …

Arid Americas: Are Pantanal, Colorado in a ‘post-drought’ stage

The Pantanal wetland in South America and the Colorado river basin in North America have experienced extreme drought in the last few years, which …

Taliban take-over: Afghanistan already battling drought, hunger, COVID-19

The now-absent government at Kabul had declared drought on June 22; half of its 30 million people are below the poverty line while 7,000 …

Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli

The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region

Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ drought risk lurking around the corner: Study

South African cities should prepare themselves for similar drought conditions, warned the study

Deluge here, drought there: India’s rainfall conundrum continues

Excessive rainfall has led to to floods in 256 districts across 13 states; on the other hand a large part of India is under drought-…

Water-stressed in India: How bunds helped farmers in Mahoba put drought behind

Construction of bunds helped revive groundwater levels and recharged wells in drought-stricken Bundelkhand district  

UNCCD COP14 throws up innovative methods to fund drought mitigation

Commercialisation of basic livelihood and services like water and sanitation would generate sufficient funds to mitigate drought, they said

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: How India is at risk

Twenty-one drought-prone districts in India, have over half of their areas under desertification between 2003-05 and 2011-13, according to …

Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity

Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage

Scientists move a step closer to drought-tolerant soybean variety

Scientists at the Indore-based Indian Institute of Soybean Research studied 16 genotypes of soybean while searching for drought-…

MGNREGA: Drought-hit India abandoned 18 lakh water works in just one year

India's villages miss a golden chance to become drought-proof as more MGNREGA projects grind to a halt 

Meet the mini frogs of Madagascar – the new species we’ve discovered

Evolution of body size in Madagascar’s miniature frogs has been more dynamic than previously understood

Drought but why: Deciphering the disaster in detail

Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are parched every year. Read all this and much more here …

Drought but why: How poverty is aggravated

Study shows during drought years in Rajasthan, the vulnerability of rural households to poverty increases

India’s food self-sufficiency is conditional to drought-hit districts

For over 40 years India’s net sown areas remain the same; drought-hit areas have to increase production to match food demand

Drought but why: The agricultural wasteland that is Bihar

Below-normal rainfall and drought-like situation for 7 years pushing out youth for livelihood

Drought but why: What happened to the promise of a drought-free Maharashtra?

Between October last year and February this year, the state government has declared 151 talukas and 268 revenue circle as drought-hit.

Drought, but why: Several districts in peril every year

Despite 40 years of efforts and huge resource allocation, drought continues to hit the same districts over and again

Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought

One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall

Gujarat declares drought after months of delay

While other states had declared drought months ago, Gujarat govt kept calling it a “scarcity of water”

Farmers suffer as states yet to declare drought

31% of the districts in India are struck by drought according to IMD but many states are yet to declare drought, leaving the already agonised …