-Livemint.com An advance review of drought preparedness will help mitigate the impact of any sub-par rains on farmers, says agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh New Delhi: Despite the government’s weather office forecasting a normal south-west monsoon in 2017, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday wrote to all state chief minister’s asking them to be ready with contingency plans in case of poor rains. An advance review of drought preparedness will help mitigate...
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Monsoon outlook brightens as US raises El Nino odd -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what could boost the odds for a Normal Monsoon this year, US government agencies have marginally lowered the probability of El Nino developing during the Indian monsoon months in their update released late on Thursday. The El Nino bulletin issued by the US Climate Prediction Center (CRC) and other agencies shows a slightly higher probability for neutral conditions to continue during August and September. Its...
More »Cotton sowing begins on strong note -Rutam Vora and Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Farmers seen bringing more area under the fibre crop this year Ahmedabad / Bengaluru: Sowing of cotton has begun on a strong note in the key growing regions of North India such as Punjab and Haryana, and Southern Karnataka, for the 2017-18 season. Buoyed by the high prevailing prices, farmers are seen bringing in a larger area under the fibre crop and the seed industry expects acreages this year...
More »Good news: Foodgrain output set to hit all-time high of 273 MT on back of good monsoon rains -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express Thanks to Normal Monsoon rains last year after two consecutive years of ‘deficient’ rainfall, India’s foodgrain production is estimated to touch an all-time high of 273.38 million tonne (MT) in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June), which is 8.7% more than the previous year. The previous record output was 265.04 MT in 2013-14. According to the third advance estimate released on Tuesday by agriculture ministry, the output of rice, wheat,...
More »70% chance of El Nino effect on South-West monsoon : WRMS -M Somasekhar
-The Hindu Business line Hyderabad: The chances of the El Nino phenomenon impacting the South West monsoon at its peak across India are 60 to 70 per cent, says Weather Risk Management Services (WRMS). El Nino, which refers to the formation of warm water undercurrents in the Pacific Ocean, has been known to have an adverse effect on global weather patterns and occasionally affect the rainfall during the Indian monsoon season. At the...
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