Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Climate
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Fishing vital to State economy, says study
Kerala, with its coastline of nearly 600 km, contributes about 20 per cent to the country's marine fish landings with nearly a quarter of the State's exports being accounted for by the marine sector. Fishing provides a means of livelihood directly to more than a quarter of a million people in Kerala and more than half-a-million people live on allied activities like fish vending.
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Tripura records three-fold growth in bamboo products
Agartala, April 5: Production of bamboo-based products like handicrafts, furniture and sticks for Agarbatti-making in Tripura has grown three-fold to Rs 93.05 crore since 2006-07. Expressing satisfaction at the growth rate, State’s Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury, said there had been a commensurate increase in the revenue also.
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Blowing in the wind
The mysterious Kawasaki disease might cross the Pacific on air currents high in the atmosphere.
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Development of multimodel ensemble based district level medium range rainfall forecast system for Indian region
India Meteorological Department has implemented district level medium range rainfall forecast system applying multimodel ensemble technique, making use of model outputs of state-of-the-art global models
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WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2011
This recent annual survey on weather and climate change by WMO provides evidence that 2011 had the highest global mean surface temperature levels in a La Niña year. Highlighting a number of climate extremes, it provides evidences of the major impacts of one of the strongest La Niña events of the past 60 years.
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Concerted efforts urged to improve farm sector performance
Growth rate declines to 6.06 per cent in 2011-12 from 18.44 in 2010-11 With steep decline in the growth rate of agriculture sector becoming a matter of concern, experts want the government to make concerted efforts in a focussed manner to reverse the trend in the coming years.
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Global effort needed to ensure food security, says expert
“Food security and environment sustainability are the major challenges faced across the globe and collaborative efforts between countries alone will solve these problems,” says John J. Kennelly, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta (UA), Canada. He was speaking to The Hindu after visiting tribal villages in Valappur Panchayat atop Kolli Hills in Namakkal district on Wednesday, where the university and the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India, is jointly implementing the ‘Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro Biodiversity Hot Spots.'
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Centre’s panel approves new Bt Cotton seed
Guj To Have Monopoly Over Variety Developed Jointly With A Pvt Co Gandhinagar: In a major boost to Gujarat’s big farmers, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Government of India has approved commercial distribution of a new variety of Bt Cotton seed, developed jointly by US multinational Monsanto, Gujarat Seed Supply Corporation (GSSC) and Navsari Agricultural University.
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Haryana Agriculture University to develop new wheat variety
The Hisar-based Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University has signed an agreement with the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) for evaluation of germ plasm. The University's
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India, Australia seek to work together on water solutions
An integrated approach to supply and demand side water management is the best response to water stress and climate change, experts from Australia and India pointed out at a panel discussion here on Wednesday. With the success story of integrated approach in the Murray-Darling basin, the Australian experience in water management is seen as a natural area of collaboration with India.