-The Telegraph State, which is still reeling under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now staring at a drought-like situation: Hemant Soren Ranchi: The rainfall measurement in Jharkhand — inadequate till now — has become a matter of concern. “The state, which is still reeling under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now staring at a drought-like situation,” a worried chief minister Hemant Soren said while addressing a gathering in Dumka...
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Madhya Pradesh farmers were craving rain; now they fear too much of it -Pooja Yadav
-Down to Earth Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month Farmers in Madhya Pradesh, who had been craving rain, are now afraid of too much of it. Their crops of maize and soyabean have either been destroyed or have turned yellow due to the rains. Flat fields have turned slushy. Crop seedlings have been destroyed due to soil erosion in the state’s hilly areas. Bunds meant for paddy...
More »Doubling trouble: It’s mid-2022; is it good days yet for farm incomes? -Rajit Sengupta
-Down to Earth The Union government's claim about being on track to double farmers' income sounds hollow as it has not even spent the allocated budget for agrarian schemes in three of the past five years On February 28, 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to double farmers’ income by 2022-23—his gift to the country in its 75th year of independence. In the six years since then, the Union government has not...
More »UP headed towards drought? Less than normal rainfall in 96% districts -Vivek Mishra and Aryan Kapoor
-Down to Earth Police stop farmers from using tube wells to irrigate their fields India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, appears headed for a drought. Seventy-two of its 75 districts (96 per cent) recorded ‘below normal’ rainfall till July 20, 2022, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. Fifty-nine of the 75 districts recorded ‘extremely low’ rainfall. These districts are suffering a ‘large deficit’, which means they received less than 60 per cent...
More »In MP’s fertile Narmadapuram, fertiliser overuse is hurting soil quality and wheat production -Rakesh Kumar Malviya
-Mongabay India/ Scroll.in Data from the state’s Agriculture department shows that the production of wheat in the region has remained stagnant in the last four years. Rahul Singh Tomar is a farmer at Raisalpur village in the Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh. The village is part of the Narmada valley and is famous for the fertile black soil that yields high-quality wheat. “The soil in our village is different,” Tomar told Mongabay-India. “Crops...
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