-The Telegraph Cuttack: The threat of extinction looms large over the state's natural fish stocks in rivers and lakes because of unregulated inland fishing during the breeding season. The impact of unrestricted fishing is already being felt in the state's rivers, especially in the Mahanadi. There has reportedly been a drastic downslide in fish catch. The annual freshwater fish production in the state is around three lakh tonnes. While 87 per cent fishes...
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Deforestation is reducing rainfall in India: IIT-Bombay study -Priyanka Sahoo
-The Indian Express “Due to the large-scale deforestation, there has been a significant drop in the amount of rainfall received,” said Subimal Ghosh, a faculty member associated with the study. Mumbai: DEFORESTATION AND conversion of forest land to crop land has weakened the Monsoon in India, a study by a team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay has found. The team from the Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies of IIT-B studied...
More »Maharashtra likely to witness drop in cotton production -Shubhangi Khapre
-The Indian Express The govt believes the shortfall of cotton coupled with greater overall demand in the market will ensure higher returns to the farmers Mumbai: Cotton production in Maharashtra is likely to fall by 10 to 15 per cent this year, the agriculture ministry has said. Farmers postponed the sowing of cotton because of a delayed Monsoon, which can lead to a drop in output. The cotton-growing farmers in Marathwada and...
More »After decade of drought, Bundelkhand flooded -Ramendra Singh
-The Indian Express Bundelkhand: Most of the casualties were due to house collapses, while at least four people were swept away due to the strong water currents in Mahoba and Banda. Lucknow: Having borne the brunt of drought year after year, Bundelkhand is facing the other extreme this Monsoon. The heaviest rains in over a decade have inundated 500 villages and caused severe waterlogging in small towns, claiming nearly a dozen lives...
More »Paradox of plenty -Neelkanth Mishra
-The Indian Express Farm incomes may not revive despite good Monsoon. There are new challenges for policymakers. India’s per capita calorie demand has been falling for at least the last 30 years. Most people do a double-take when they hear that. One can’t debate the fact much: National Sample Surveys every five to seven years have documented this. What we can debate are the reasons behind this: In their 2009 paper Angus...
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