Unseasonal rains, hailstorms damage over 18,000 hectares of agricultural land in Maharashtra

IMD predicts conditions to continue through March 19

After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year

The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts

30 years of Latur-Osmanabad Quake: It is time we paid proper attention to rehabilitation as a concept, says Atul Deulgaonkar

Senior journalist has just come out with a book on the botched rehabilitation in the aftermath of the quake  

India’s leadership in climate resilience is rooted in its agrarian landscapes

Scaling up adaptation for farmers is a human, environmental, and economic imperative

Bullet train or safe sanitation: Tough choice for Nanded

When Nanded already lacks the basic infrastructure of sanitation, what is more important for the city at present

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Inclement weather affecting farmers’ mental health, social standing

Market does not support the farmers even if they manage to harvest the crops

Bitter end to sweet limes: Farmers in parched Marathwada forced to uproot citrus orchards

Growers grapple with financial burden as water tankers become only lifeline for citrus trees

Climate action can help address crop loss in Central India

Small and marginal farmers in the central plateau are gradually finding agriculture non-viable

Maharashtra: No brides for Marathwada farmers

City jobs and owner of farm land — prerequisites for prospective grooms have changed

DTE tracks trafficking: Droughts, migrating parents leave Marathwada girls vulnerable

Sugarcane cutters’ children at high risk, targeted through proxy marriages 

A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition

Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …

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

Excessive July rains destroyed 800,000 hectares of crops in Maharashtra

Marathwada, Vidharba regions heavily affected  

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Weather vagaries force farmers to sell lands

Simultaneous droughts and floods have become an increasing concern and the instances have escalated in the past five decades

Nearly 600 farmer suicides in 8 months: Is Marathwada facing agri-distress

Activists blame government policies for the farmers’ situation, rather than extreme weather events

Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers

Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: No brides for farmers as families look for city matches

Access to water, better infra drive marriage prospects as women yearn for more 'comfortable' lives

Skewed sex ratio worsens marriage woes for Marathwada farmers

May encourage child marriages, worries expert

After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt

Excess rainfall has caused a loss of about 50 per cent across the cotton belt region

2022 too short, too far: A tough year for farmers, cattle owners

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022