Cherry, apples, plum and strawberries – all fruit crop in the region – have been under the weather, pushing traders and producers into panic. After wrecking havoc in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, erratic rainfalls has not spared Kashmir. This correspondent travelled north to understand the problem first...
It would be hard to predict how cropping patterns will change and further, how much food security will be impacted. But one must assume that India may be headed towards lower production than in previous years. The weather seems to spell double trouble for the Modi...
Telangana is especially vulnerable to climate change and has already reported a high number of heat-related deaths. The air was sizzling over dry rocky red soils, while the palash trees were flaunting their deep orange flowers in hot silence. Underneath, an orangish frog croaked, announcing to...
The heart of water security in Telangana is Project Bhagiratha for drinking water, and the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, which is the world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, watering most of the state. Even with enough attention and public funds received by the Jal Jeevan Mission,...
Intercropping, crop pairing, organic farming, permaculture design, Sambhav Baba’s ashram manifests most principles of sustainable farming. It is meticulous to note his methods of water conservation and agriculture as well. Tucked between ancient Gondwana yellowstone hills and verdant forests of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh lies the lonely hermitage...
Dr Krishan Bir Chaudhary is President of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj (Indian farmers organization), former Chairman of State Farms Corporation of India (Government of India undertaking), former Chairman of Indian Sugarcane Development Council (Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India), former Director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing...
GM markers were found in the edibles oils that were blended with Bt cottonseed oil in India. A public health epidemic looms over Indians as Monsanto/Bayer’s propaganda is exposed by a recent scientific report published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which found unprecedented...
The Lahaul region in Himachal Pradesh is witnessing soaring temperatures this year, and this threatens to jeopardise its agriculture and traditional way of life As the plains of north India are witnessing scorching summer this year, even the mountains are feeling the heat, quite literally. The...
‘Farming is the major occupation in the area, with shrinking water, our area could be in trouble,’ says Naseer, headmaster of the school Hanging between the assault rifle and gigantic mountains lies a paradise — Kashmir. I reached there, for the first time, a day after...
People employed in Kashmir's agriculture sector detail first hand the havoc that climate change is wreaking upon their crops, lives and livelihoods. Despite it having rained already, the bulbous grey clouds hadn’t left Srinagar. The afternoon sun snuck behind the gigantic, lush green mountains; the greenish-brown...