-The Times of India RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: Just a week ago, lakhs of farmers across Gujarat were on the verge of losing their standing crop due to a prolonged dry spell. However, five days of incessant rainfall has come as a saviour. Agriculturists say that the wet spell at the fag end of monsoon will now help their kharif crops survive. The rains have resulted in 80 big and small dams, especially in Saurashtra, overflowing,...
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Tribals in MP's Jhabua show the way in organic farming -Manoj Ahuja
-Hindustan Times Jhabua: In the small, nondescript villages of Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district, a group of tribals have joined hands to show the way forward to sustainable future by adopting organic farming. Two years ago, the tribals of Chhaya Paschim village in the district, about 300 kms from the state's capital Bhopal, were inspired to switch to organic farming by Mahesh Sharma, a social worker and local agriculture...
More »Spectre of drought haunts Gujarat -Rutam Vora
-The Hindu Business Line Farm output at stake as rainfall deficit widens Ahmedabad: A continued dry spell in the current monsoon season has driven Gujarat to the brink of drought. The latest weather department data revealed that till September 9, Gujarat had a deficit of 21 per cent from the normal seasonal rainfall. Even as the kharif sowing is complete on 97 per cent of the area, the water storage conditions are not...
More »Shadow of drought looms over Gujarat as monsoon plays truant -Mahesh Langa
-The Hindu The mainstay crops of Groundnut and cotton are in a precarious position. Ahmedabad: A month-long dry spell in Gujarat has farmers and the government worried as the State is now possibly staring at a drought with the monsoon deficit widening. The State received heavy rain in June and July, leading to floods in Saurashtra and North Gujarat, which killed over 100 people and thousands of animals. “There was not a single...
More »Jamnagar farmers clutch at 2013 law to get their land back -Maulik Pathak
-Livemint.com The petitioners have pinned their hopes on a clause in the 2013 land law that the government is now planning to amend Punjabhai Modhwadia, 42, isn’t giving up his land. Not without a fight. Sitting under a banyan tree overlooking fields of cotton, jowar and Groundnut, next to what Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani called one of the biggest construction sites in the world, the Jamnagar farmer describes why...
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