Pollution in news on May 23

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Point of no Agri-return

Exploring India's unprecedented agrarian crisis

Pushing out pests

Banana bane

Weevils gobble up weeds

Perilous pesticides

Weaving warmth

Biocultivars

Timely switches

A major breakthrough promises to transform the agricultural sector

The rural weather department

Folklore guides farmers about droughts and rains

The next disruption

Cracking ammonia

Scientists unravel the precise steps of ammonia synthesis

Centre, Bihar take stock as state edges towards drought

Last year, no steps were taken by the central government despite drought being declared in Bihar and Jharkhand  

Future of food: World won’t be able to feed itself without wider systemic change, says FAO

Management of poverty and inequalities; geopolitical instability; scarcity; degradation of resources; and climate change will determine future …

Punjab is usually blamed for burning paddy stubble; here is the back story to that

Paddy farming in Punjab was started to meet the food grain requirements of the country for which the state has been forced to pay a …

Most of India’s export emissions from cattle and sheep, import emissions from oil crops: Study

India’ emissions from agricultural imports went up 39 per cent during 2004-2017

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Why water is important in the AMR debate

Access to safe water is one of the prerequisites for maintaining sound health and environment in a community and is also a responsibility of …

Indebted India: Over half of farm households still under debt

Andhra, Telangana have highest percentage of agricultural households under debt; Average debt: Rs 2.45 lakh in Andhra  

Climate change threatens livelihood of 70% in Mozambique: WFP

Broken rainfall patterns, droughts a threat to agriculture

India in danger zone as locusts breed 400 times than usual

Attacks by desert locusts are threatening India, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region

German scientists decode adhesive properties of pollen

The findings may one day aid people suffering with pollen allergy as well as help develop alternative strategies for agriculture and food …

Merely increasing PMFBY budget allocation might not help

To make this scheme really attractive for farmers, various serious measures need to be taken

India’s R&D expenditure has tripled in a decade

However, the composition of R&D expenditure in India contrasted sharply when compared with select developed and emerging economies

Biotechnology for food security: hope over hype

A range of biotechnological approaches, including both traditional ones like selective breeding and fermentation techniques, and modern ones such …

A grain revolution for Africa

In just a few decades, Africa has become a net food importer. But it has to feed more and more people in the future. Estimates suggest the …