Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner says that the two major crops to be affected by the loss of rainfall are paddy and maize; however, there is still time for paddy cultivation up to August-end.
In view of the reduced flow in the Cauvery and the Kollidam and in anticipation of scarcity conditions, the district administration has taken up the exercise by involving Water Resources, Agriculture, and Agriculture Engineering departments
An impending ‘super’ El Nino is likely to inflict a combined US$10 billion to US$20 billion of damage in affected African countries and trigger mass migration from hard-hit areas, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) top climate expert said. Forecasters are warning that the El Nino weather pattern – which often drives severe droughts, flooding and storms in Africa – could turn into one of the strongest ever seen if current Pacific Ocean warming trends continue. As well as the threat to food...
Delayed rains, falling groundwater levels and the looming impact of El Niño have left thousands of farmers across Telangana anxiously watching the skies. While the State has rolled out a contingency plan urging a shift to less water-intensive crops, many cultivators have stayed with their traditional choices, hoping the monsoon will revive. As reservoirs run low and crop stress mounts, they remain caught between official advisories and age-old cropping patterns, report K. Shiva Shanker and P. Laxma Reddy
All the districts in Andhra Pradesh, except for SPSR Nellore, have reported deficient rainfall as of July 23; West Godavari reports the sharpest rainfall gap at 76.8%
Except for a video conference with Deputy Commissioners, the Chief Minister has done nothing to handle the drought situation, Mr. Vijayendra claims
Protestors walked from Kittur Channamma Circle to the office of the Deputy Commissioner, and shouted slogans against the government
Cabinet concerned over severe shortfall in the rainfall in monsoon
State recorded a 48.3% rainfall deficit between June 1 and July 15 with 24 of 28 districts reporting deficient rainfall and four categorised under severe deficit, says Agriculture Special Chief Secretary
Sugarcane growers seek waiver of crop loans availed from nationalised, co-operative and private banks
Farmers’ groups threaten road blockades from July 21 and Kalaburagi bandh on August 17
Preliminary assessments indicate that nearly 80% of the sown crop has been lost in several affected areas due to inadequate rainfall and persistently high temperatures: Parameshwara
Majority of the major, medium, and minor irrigation reservoirs in Telangana are presently at, or very close to, their Minimum Draw Down Level (MDDL)
The party leader cites 45.1% rainfall deficit and delayed kharif sowing, says farmers are unable to enrol under the Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme due to drought conditions
In the fields of central Luzon, farmers who planted their rice in June are watching the sky with worry. Out over the Pacific, a familiar spectre is gathering strength – and with it, the threat of empty granaries and hungry households. The Philippines has a plan for this year’s “super” El Nino, on paper at least. But to the Filipinos out actually working the paddies, that plan is barely perceptible. “We don’t see anything visible, it’s all talk,” said Raul Montemayor, national manager of the...
Karnataka has hired 978 private borewells and 254 private tankers, besides deploying 35 departmental tankers, to avert the drinking water crisis
Over 63% of mandals in 32 rural districts record deficient to large deficient rainfall; water levels in reservoirs remains gloomy
All is not well in the famed ‘Granary of South India’. Between a poor southwest monsoon and lack of water in the Cauvery, crops and farmers are left high and dry. The kuruvai cultivation area in Thanjavur alone has dipped to around 89,000 acres this season from around 1,94,000 acres in the previous cultivation year. This report describes the situation on the ground
Unsown red gram fields in Kalaburagi are wilting, while sown cotton fields in Raichur and Yadgir are bearing the brunt of a deficit monsoon, with the next fortnight likely to determine the fate of the kharif season
Association demands higher cane price, and clearance of pending dues
The Chief Minister said his visit to Kalyana Karnataka was aimed at obtaining first-hand assessment of the prevailing conditions
Summer came too early to Europe’s most important rice-growing region, and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli’s parched paddies in Italy’s Pavia province. “That one is done for, no matter what happens,” the 22-year-old said as she surveyed one desolate field that has been baked by what is among the most severe heatwaves to hit the continent in June. Even abundant rains for the rest of the summer would probably not save the crop, she said. Angoli and her father, Carlo, also fear for their other...
In Wayanad, rainfall deficit has adversely affected agriculture. The district received only 270.23 mm of rain in June, the lowest for the month in the past five years, according to Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology
The cumulative storage across major reservoirs in Karnataka is hardly 21% of their installed capacity
Koppal records 31% rainfall deficit; district asked to draw contingency plans, create rural jobs, ensure crop insurance coverage, and streamline Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
The US has seen a harsh wildfire season this year, with prolonged droughts and dry conditions fuelling blazes.