-The Hindu SANGAREDDY (Andhra Pradesh): With increasing costs in the paddy and Sugarcane cultivation some of the farmers are thinking to shift to soyabean cultivation. However, they were not in hurry and trying to experiment in limited space available in the farm than going for mass shift. According to sources, the cultivation costs of paddy and sugar cane have abnormally increased forcing the farmers to think for alternatives while continuing cultivation. Paddy cultivation...
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The Spectre of Food Crisis in India
-The Navhind Times THAT climate will remain in a state of flux is a given. The fallout of global warming will be periodic extreme heat and drought, as was experienced by the United States and some other food-exporting countries in 2012, sending food prices close to record levels. At the same time, many countries, including China and India will experience heavy rains and floods from time to time, damaging food production. Even...
More »Modi faces first challenge: India heading for a drought year -Akash Vashishtha
-Mail Today New Delhi: And this dread scenario could well unfold, with the Met prediction of a below-normal monsoon on Monday being underlined by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh who admitted that the forecast is of below-average rainfall. Precipitation in the June-September period is expected to be between 90 and 96 per cent of the long-term average, added the minister. What he didn't say was that the India Meteorological Department...
More »Pest attack troubles Sugarcane farmers -Giji K Raman
-The Hindu Woolly aphid cases were first reported in 2006 MARAYUR (IDUKKI DISTRICT, Kerala): The attack of woolly aphid, a pest that lives on plant fluids, has considerably affected the Sugarcane cultivation here. The disease, locally known as White Aswini, can result in low jaggery production as it sucks the sweet cells of the Sugarcane. A senior agriculture officer here told The Hindu that the disease was first noticed in 2006 and it spread...
More »How do you feed thousands of people in Rajasthan without irrigation?-Arati Kumar Rao
-Grist Media The people of the Thar desert have their ways. This story unfolds over a year and recounts history through contemporary lives lived gently and with the land. It experiences first-hand the extraordinary old magic of growing lush crops in the desert. The land was the color of burnt caramel. It was flat and it was featureless: there was no tree in sight, no blade of grass, no ditch, no dune,...
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