Southern African drought primarily driven by El Nino, massive blow to food security, health: Study 

Researchers recommend enhanced resilience to droughts that may occur twice as frequently in El Nino years

Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Summer drought & heat can be detrimental to truffle harvests

30% of India’s land area experiencing different degrees of drought, data shows

In August, India recorded a rainfall deficit of 36% 

Researchers study behavioural aspect of farmer suicides

One of the major causes behind suicidal intent is depression, experts find while studying cases in Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra

Death of the Nile? Mega dams have killed the river’s ability to flush carcinogens, slowly killing its delta

Much of the contamination by heavy metals is irreversible, but science-based conservation measures could help, study claims

Latest in farmer woes: Heavy unseasonal rain, pending payouts from Centre’s crop insurance scheme

523,000 hectares in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh affected by untimely rains in March, April

Punctured cover: India's crop insurance scheme loses sheen

Insurers withdraw from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as extreme weather events spike claim rates resulting in heavy losses

Extreme rainfall damages nearly 4 million hectares of crops in Marathwada

Incessant rains through the month of August and September have affected 4.48 million farmers this season

Explainer: What is the Farmers Distress Index?

The index will try to anticipate this distress and prevent its spread from a few farmers to the village or block level

Nowhere to go: How exposure to coal dust has impacted lives in Odisha’s mining villages

From health hazards to crop loss — the residents of Ratanpur, Ratansara, Shiarmal & Dulinga villages face many perils

Crops failing against rising temperatures, pest attacks: Study

Rising temperatures due to climate change may be compounding the stress on crops in multiple ways, it says

Wheat crisis: All eyes on weather as mercury shoots up in February

Farmers worry about a repeat of last year even as Centre claims record production for this year

COVID-19: Bihar's standing rabi wheat, maize under lockdown

Delay in harvesting standing crops of wheat and maize on over 7 million ha in Bihar will be disastrous for farmers