ROURKELA: Even as the harvesting time is nearing, over 1.66 lakh medium and marginal farmers in the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district are staring at bleak time.
As per official reports, all 262 gram panchayats and 17 blocks have been affected by water-stress condition with the district receiving 29 per cent less rainfall.
Studies Predict Dramatic Changes In Monsoon Pattern
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New Delhi: The preliminary results of the second set of extensive studies on the impact of climate change on India are out. Unchecked climate change could cause dramatic changes in the monsoon and lead to mixed affects on agricultural productivity in the country, the results suggest.
This document contains the Presentation made by Krishna Kumar, IITM-Pune, to Shri Jairam Ramesh, Hon. Minister of Environment and Forests, on 14 Oct. 2009 in New Delhi.
The presentation is focused on the impact of climate change on India
With three quarters of all districts receiving deficient rainfall so far and the overall rain deficit worsening since last week, the country seems headed into the worst drought year over the last two decades.
Melbourne: In what might be an answer to the increasing global population and ensuing food crisis, Australian scientists have claimed discovering a way to boost crop yields that can help improve productivity.
Newcastle University researchers said they have found that by knocking out a gene from the genetic code of a tomato plant, it grows sweeter fruit and has longer-lasting leaves.
Days after the government said it was planning to introduce genetically modified food crops in the country in three years, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton gave a clear indication of the US administration
The visiting US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, indicated that Indian agriculture might get funds from the $20 billion pledged by the G8 countries to boost agriculture output during the recent summit in Italy.
