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Sip By Sip, Water-Guzzling Crops Drain India's Groundwater
Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan are growing more water-thirsty crops - rice, wheat, and onion - draining groundwater
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Climate-Driven Changes Reduce Agricultural Productivity in Central Europe, Claims New Study
Climate change has significantly impacted Central Europe's farmland, with over 50 percent of highly productive agricultural land already affected. A study combining historical data and climate projections highlights that rising temperatures and dry conditions have shifted fertile zones northward and westward. Regions like Slovakia, Austria and the ...
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Experts Forecast Up To 10% Drop In Wheat And Rice Yields Due To Climate Change
In the 2023-24 crop year, India produced 113.29 million tonnes of wheat (14% of global supply) and over 137 million tonnes of rice.
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Train Services In Punjab Hit As Farmers Protest Over Crop Compensation
At least 20 trains were cancelled after farmers squatted on railway tracks at several places in Punjab on Tuesday as part of their four-hour 'rail roko' agitation against the value cut announced by the Centre on wheat grain shrivelled.
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No Impact Of High Temperatures On Wheat Crop Seen So Far: Minister
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said there has not been any effect seen so far on the wheat crop due to high temperatures and it will be too early to say about the likely impact.
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Farmers Closely Guard Wheat Crop Amid Threat Of Another Heat Wave
India wants to avoid a repeat of the situation last year, when a brutal heat wave scorched wheat fields and forced the government to impose a hasty ban on exports at a time when the world faced a shortage following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Government Expert Explains What Rising Temperatures Can Do To Wheat Crop
A new government expert group is closely monitoring the effects of rising temperature on wheat crop and has sent a "general advisory" to the affected states, the officer heading the group told NDTV.
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India Sets Up Panel To Assess Impact Of Higher Temperatures On Wheat Crop
India has set up a panel of officials to assess the impact of rising temperatures on the wheat crop, government officials said on Monday, as the weather office warned that above normal temperatures would prevail in key producing states.
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Early Heat May Adversely Affect Wheat, Other Crops: Weather Department
Significantly high temperatures over northwest India, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa may have an adverse impact on wheat and other crops, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Spark From Overhead Electric Cable Destroys Tonnes Of Standing Crop In UP
Tonnes of standing wheat crop was reduced to ashes in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh on Saturday after overhead electrical wires came in contact with each other and sparks flew.
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Wheat Purchase Price Up By 2%, Lowest In A Decade, Amid Farmers' Protest
The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent to Rs 2,015 per 100 kg. The country is the world's second-biggest wheat consumer and sets a price each year to protect farmers from distress sales.
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Amid Covid Chaos And Protests, Farmers Eye Record Wheat Crop
While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
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Haryana Farmers Destroy Crop In Protest Against Centre's Farm Laws
Some farmers in Haryana destroyed their wheat crop in protest against the Centre's new agriculture laws, prompting political and farmer leaders to appeal to them not to resort to such drastic measures.
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CSIR-IHBT Faculty To Produce Heat-Tolerant Wheat Varieties
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) faculty named Dr Vijay Gahlaut has been working to produce heat-tolerant varieties of wheat crop that would ensure longer sustenance of the crops in hotter areas.
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Sip By Sip, Water-Guzzling Crops Drain India's Groundwater
Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan are growing more water-thirsty crops - rice, wheat, and onion - draining groundwater
-
Climate-Driven Changes Reduce Agricultural Productivity in Central Europe, Claims New Study
Climate change has significantly impacted Central Europe's farmland, with over 50 percent of highly productive agricultural land already affected. A study combining historical data and climate projections highlights that rising temperatures and dry conditions have shifted fertile zones northward and westward. Regions like Slovakia, Austria and the ...
-
Experts Forecast Up To 10% Drop In Wheat And Rice Yields Due To Climate Change
In the 2023-24 crop year, India produced 113.29 million tonnes of wheat (14% of global supply) and over 137 million tonnes of rice.
-
Train Services In Punjab Hit As Farmers Protest Over Crop Compensation
At least 20 trains were cancelled after farmers squatted on railway tracks at several places in Punjab on Tuesday as part of their four-hour 'rail roko' agitation against the value cut announced by the Centre on wheat grain shrivelled.
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No Impact Of High Temperatures On Wheat Crop Seen So Far: Minister
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said there has not been any effect seen so far on the wheat crop due to high temperatures and it will be too early to say about the likely impact.
-
Farmers Closely Guard Wheat Crop Amid Threat Of Another Heat Wave
India wants to avoid a repeat of the situation last year, when a brutal heat wave scorched wheat fields and forced the government to impose a hasty ban on exports at a time when the world faced a shortage following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
-
Government Expert Explains What Rising Temperatures Can Do To Wheat Crop
A new government expert group is closely monitoring the effects of rising temperature on wheat crop and has sent a "general advisory" to the affected states, the officer heading the group told NDTV.
-
India Sets Up Panel To Assess Impact Of Higher Temperatures On Wheat Crop
India has set up a panel of officials to assess the impact of rising temperatures on the wheat crop, government officials said on Monday, as the weather office warned that above normal temperatures would prevail in key producing states.
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Early Heat May Adversely Affect Wheat, Other Crops: Weather Department
Significantly high temperatures over northwest India, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa may have an adverse impact on wheat and other crops, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.
-
Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
-
Spark From Overhead Electric Cable Destroys Tonnes Of Standing Crop In UP
Tonnes of standing wheat crop was reduced to ashes in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh on Saturday after overhead electrical wires came in contact with each other and sparks flew.
-
Wheat Purchase Price Up By 2%, Lowest In A Decade, Amid Farmers' Protest
The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent to Rs 2,015 per 100 kg. The country is the world's second-biggest wheat consumer and sets a price each year to protect farmers from distress sales.
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Amid Covid Chaos And Protests, Farmers Eye Record Wheat Crop
While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a months-long sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
-
Haryana Farmers Destroy Crop In Protest Against Centre's Farm Laws
Some farmers in Haryana destroyed their wheat crop in protest against the Centre's new agriculture laws, prompting political and farmer leaders to appeal to them not to resort to such drastic measures.
-
CSIR-IHBT Faculty To Produce Heat-Tolerant Wheat Varieties
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) faculty named Dr Vijay Gahlaut has been working to produce heat-tolerant varieties of wheat crop that would ensure longer sustenance of the crops in hotter areas.
