Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu
Summer drought & heat can be detrimental to truffle harvests
Simply Put: Crop insurance
Uttar Pradesh’s Bioenergy Policy: Good on paper, execution may be tricky
Offers cheap land for lease, tax and tariff exemptions to reduce fossil fuel use
Aerosol pollution has huge impact on India’s infant mortality, crop productivity: Study
Regional weather patterns & topography to blame, shows analysis
Private insurance companies benefitted the most from PM Fasal Bima Yojana: Report
Farmers yet to be paid Rs 5,724 crore for claims made in 5 years since scheme launch
Simply put: Farmers hunger strike
30% of India’s land area experiencing different degrees of drought, data shows
In August, India recorded a rainfall deficit of 36%
Savage mode: In a warmer, wetter world, pests are multiplying faster and damaging crops severely
If such attacks increase, it will affect the critical food supply and overall yield
Rabi crop acreage witnesses a decline, pulses fare the worst
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat among states affected; change in rainfall pattern likely reason
Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt
Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected
As told to Parliament (December 14, 2022): Cancer cases, deaths in India rose in 2022
The number of cases rose to 1,461,427 in 2022 from 1,426,447 in 2021
Bihar floods: Lives of thousands upended in north districts as water refuses to recede
The standing floodwater damaged crops across hectares
Outbreak of Moroccan locusts will destroy 25% of annual wheat production in Afghanistan: FAO
Left untreated, locust population can increase 100 times next year
Maharashtra may become 8th state to opt out of Centre's flagship crop insurance scheme
The state is considering rolling out its own insurance programme for farmers
Andhra farmers turn masons, milkmen despite state getting ‘decent’ rain; here is why
They blame lack of remuneration, rising input costs and accumulating debt
Erratic rain to hit agri, livestock in Mauritania, Senegal
Food and Agriculture Organization warned west African countries
Sustainable agriculture: Punjab needs policies to support crop diversification
Growing maize instead of paddy can reduce water use by 60-70%
A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages
Many low-income nations who are net food importers are bracing for a year of hunger
Simply Put: Polluter pays? Really?
Surplus June rainfall in Bihar may be an outcome of climate change, claim experts
Thousands displaced; most rivers and their tributaries overflowing
Warm winter to severely hit rabi production in Bihar: Experts
Forced maturity in plants due to higher temperatures can result in smaller seeds
Several Bihar farmers stare at loss as wheat seeds fail to sprout
Farmers demand compensation; state agriculture department launches probe
Research establishes link between farmer suicides and climate change
MGNREGS & social protection schemes are the way out, paper notes
Cashew farmers in Odisha to suffer losses as tea mosquito bug destroys crops
Around 40% cashew plants in the state infected by bugs, estimate experts
Untimely January rain damages rabi crop, vegetables in Odisha’s Nuapada
The spell of winter showers affected the small and big farmers alike