-The Hindu Business line Farm output hit; water levels in reservoirs at their lowest; Kerala, Karnataka looking at cloud seeding Bengaluru/ Thiruvananthapuram: The near-normal monsoon in 2016 may have helped most parts of the country come out of two successive Droughts and perhaps propel foodgrain output to a new high, but not in the South. The Drought has extended its grip in the South, with the South-West monsoon falling significantly short and the...
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In Kerala, the Drought has as much to do with nature as with humans -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line Thiruvananthapuram: J Cherian, an MBA in biotech from Scotland, who took to farming on his ancestral property in central Kerala, watches in despair as a merciless March sun beats down on his young plants. “This is unlike anything that I've seen in my eight years in the fields,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. The administration seemed to concur, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declaring that artificial...
More »Tamil Nadu Revives Ancient Community De-Silting Of Lakes, Tanks Tamil Nadu -J Sam Daniel Stalin
-NDTV Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government today revived a traditional water resource management system involving public in the state's worst Drought in more than a century. The government has taken the initiative to revive the 'Kudimaramathu' tradition that involves engaging farmers and local people to de-silt and look after tanks and ponds with a budget of Rs. 100 crore. K Sundaram, a small farmer at Manimangalam in Kancheepuram district, who has joined...
More »From Plate to Plough: A finger on the pulses -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express Government must give a level playing field by removing restrictions on markets and exports Last year, roughly at this time, the price of tur dal (split pigeon pea) in the retail market was hovering around Rs 180/kg. The prices of other pulses were not far behind. They were all spiralling due to back-to-back Droughts during 2014-15 and 2015-16. Production of all pulses had plunged to 16.5 million metric tonnes...
More »Save the pulse farmer, here's how -Ashok Gulati
-The Financial Express The minimum that the govt can do is to remove all restrictions on a free market for pulses Last year, roughly at this time, the price of tur dal (pigeon pea) in the retail market was hovering around R180/kg. Prices of other pulses were not far behind. They were all spiraling up due to back-to-back Droughts during 2014-15 and 2015-16. Production of all pulses had plunged to 16.5 million...
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