-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Water levels in 91 major reservoirs in India rose 20 per cent in the past week, boosted by good monsoon rains in most parts of the country. The water available in the reservoirs was 54.419 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, compared with 59.10 bcm at the same time last year. The levels were above the 10-year average of 52.050 bcm, according to data from the Central...
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Despite good monsoon, half of Punjab, Haryana face rain deficit -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Insufficient rain in many districts has put an extra burden on underground water of Punjab, which is growing 29-30 lakh hectares of paddy rice this year Jalandhar: Despite forecast of a good monsoon, around 50 per cent districts of Punjab, which account for the highest contribution of rice crop, around 30-35 per cent (one-third of the country) to the central pool, and neighbouring Haryana are still dry in the...
More »As cotton wilts, farmers switch to planting pulses; acreage up 39%
-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru: Pulses such as tur (arhar), urad, moong, and oilseeds — mainly groundnut and sunflower — and maize have turned out to be the hot favourites of farmers, who have brought a larger area under these crops in the ongoing kharif planting season. The prevailing high prices, coupled with an increase in the support price and bonus incentive announced by the Centre, is the main reason farmers in...
More »Rice and shine -Manu Moudgil
-India Water Portal How paddy grew in popularity in Punjab and continues to steal the show, thanks to lack of alternatives for farmers. Take the roads of Punjab during the monsoon and you will find most fields turned into pools of water. It’s mainly the water pulled out from the underground vault to support the kharif crop of paddy. Neither a native plant nor suited to the agro-climatic region, paddy has...
More »Dryland Farming: Bringing watershed management back to the policy agenda -Pravesh Sharma
-The Indian Express Price and technology-led incentives alone will not help boost pulses and oilseeds production in the country. Indian agriculture is governed by an impossible trinity or “trilemma” that requires it to meet three simultaneous objectives — global competitiveness, social inclusiveness and environmental sustainability — each often at odds with the other two. Official policy has largely tilted towards supporting the first two goals, with token, if not grudging, acknowledgement of...
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