JHARKHAND, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Chotanagpur Plateau in eastern India, criss-crossed with streams, once was lush green even in winter. But increasingly erratic rainfall in recent ...
During the study, researchers used a sub-surface drip fertigation system, combined with conservation agriculture approaches, on wheat fields. (Photo: Naveen Gupta/CIMMYT) Farmers can grow rice and ...
From Papammal to Pinki, Sunita, and Nikki: How India’s Women Farmers Are Redefining Rural Prosperity
When agricultural pioneer and Padma Shri awardee Papammal (109), arguably the oldest farmer in India, passed away on 27 ...
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India at risk: Climate change could trigger global Day Zero droughts
In India, urban water supply systems are failing to cope with the overwhelming demand, which continues to rise due to the soaring heat every summer and the rapidly increasing population.
The warming climate could drive India to use up its groundwater much more rapidly in the coming decades, according to projections published Friday in the journal Science Advances. India already pumps ...
India’s drive to install millions of solar-powered irrigation pumps has worthy intentions. The government aims to lift farm productivity and boost rural income while relieving the state of a ...
Towards the end of May, one of India’s most popular summer retreats nearly ran out of water. Shimla, a historic hill town in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, is the latest addition to a list of ...
Using renewable energy to water crops, poor rice farmers are growing vegetables to feed their families and earn an income JHARKHAND, India, July 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Chotanagpur ...
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