First-ever Global Rainfall Erosivity Database (GloREDa) depicts the whole of India in ‘green’ (moderate risk) category but threat from climate change could escalate it to […]
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La Nina unlikely to emerge before October 1st week, says Australia’s weather agency
La Nina, rain-bearing weather event in Asia and India in particular, is unlikely before the last week of September 2024, when the Southern Hemisphere spring […]
India has solution to global challenges on nutrition, water scarcity and climate change: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India has the solution in the form of millet farming to address global challenges on nutrition, water […]
Rain-fed rice yield likely to go down by 20% by 2050
Rain-fed rice yields are likely to come down by 20 per cent by 2050, according to a reply by the Government in the Lok Sabha […]
Losing spice: Kashmir’s prized saffron crops hit by dry spells
It’s with pensive eyes that 60-year-old Ali Mohamed Reshi gazes over his saffron farm in Pulwama’s Lethpora area, some 22 km south of Srinagar. […]
Integrating ESG principles heralds a new era in sustainable agriculture
The spectre of feeding a burgeoning global population while mitigating climate change and preserving biodiversity has cast a long shadow over agriculture. The conventional Green […]
Solving India’s water crisis is possible with collaboration between key stakeholders
Water scarcity is a big and scary problem but there are meaningful and pragmatic solutions we can engage with to tackle it head on. The […]
Heat waves push gas-based power plants capacity to a five-year high in May
Running under a government mandate, the plant load factor (PLF), or capacity utilisation, of gas-based power plants hit a record 28.7 per cent in May […]
Unleashing Agtech Potential: Empowering a new era of agriculture
As one of the largest economies in the world – home to over 1.4 billion people today – India has made tremendous strides in accelerating […]
Climate-resilient agriculture: Strategies for a sustainable tomorrow
Agriculture today faces unprecedented challenges due to climate change. With temperature rise, precipitation patterns shift, and extreme weather events becoming more frequent- the stability of […]
