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
Rainfall
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The impact of climate change and adaptation on food production in low-income countries
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of climate change on food production in a typical low-income developing country. Furthermore, it provides an estimation of the determinants of adaptation to climate change and the implications of these strategies on farm productivity. The analysis relies on primary data from 1,000 farms producing cereal crops in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia.
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Farmers seek Rs.15,000 compensation for an acre
Announced compensation is meagre: Federation TIRUVARUR: Farmers in the Cauvery Delta region of Tiruvarur district have urged the Government to give a compensation of Rs.15,000 per acre for the samba and thaladi paddy crops that were damaged in the recent heavy rains instead of Rs.3,000 per acre (Rs.7,500 per hectare) announced by the Government.
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Climate change and its impact on agriculture and food security
Agriculture and food security are among the major casualties of climate change in India. Strategies such as adopting necessary mitigation measures and reducing greenhouse gas emissions along with widespread awareness on this issue, are needed.
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Altering farmers to adapt - an SMS alert system in Sundarbans
In changing climate conditions, it is the
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Innovative model for forecasting monsoon behaviour
Forecasting weather conditions helps farmers to adjust and manage their cropping activities. It becomes all the more important with the changes in climatic conditions gaining significance. While scientific forecasting is being done in different ways, the author has based his forecasting on the planetary positions.
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Torrential rains hit Australia state, one dead
Torrential rains killed a woman and troops were deployed to help thousands of people after storms and flash floods hit Australia's Queensland state overnight, just days after cyclonic weather battered the tropical region.
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Doomed scenario for farmers
ROURKELA: Not with standing the State
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Flood sans river
Saurashtra was flooded since rainwater could not drain THE state highway between Viramgam and Surendranagar towns in Gujarat presents a stark contrast. On one side is a carpet of green fields for miles, and on the other, decaying jowar and cotton crops, at places submerged in water. The 60 km highway itself remained under water for three days in mid-September. The contrast makes
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Nabarangpur feels the heat
NABARANGPUR: Spectre of a drought-like situation haunts farmers in this predominantly tribal district due to insufficient rains during the recent kharif season. Being an agrarian district, 90 percent population here depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Bereft of irrigation facilities, the farming community largely depend on rains for agriculture.
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Phenomenon of green Sahara
<p>The present-day Sahara Desert was previously a lush green region redundant with wildlife, savannah and swampland owing to a prehistoric climate change in the eastern Sahara, according to an in-depth archaeological study that highlights this theory.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_095_09_1114_1114_0.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>