Health concerns have also surged amid the drought. The dry weather has prolonged cases of colds, coughs, sore throats, eye inflammation, skin diseases, and stomach ailments. Public hospitals are ...

ICAR Institutes, State and Central agricultural universities have developed 2,900 varieties of different crops during ...

During seasons with good rainfall ... relative to nonadopters (increasing the probability of observing drought-resistant crop performance) and as the number of seasons increases (offering more ...

Drought, a major abiotic stressor, has caused substantial crop production losses ... the closer we are to designing systems to help plants to do this and improve crop yields during droughts.” Dr Rahul ...

“With the forecasted La Niña during the summer ... already faced two consecutive years of drought. Another dry summer would be devastating. “Crop insurance helps smooth a bit for producers ...

Drought is causing havoc in Argentina and Paraguay. Argentina’s wheat crop for the 2022/23 season ... output decline caused by weather conditions during the 2021/2022 harvest.

The drought situation across much of the Plains ... that crop to harvest instead of only using the wheat as a cover crop during the winter months. “On the other side of the scale, I wouldn ...

During this period ... Ministry of Earth Science. For drought monitoring, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW) has developed a Geoportal in collaboration with the Space ...

LAHORE: The Agriculture Department Punjab has advised the farmers in rain fed areas should utilize all possible resources for irrigation to ensure the continued growth of the wheat crop.

Argentina’s corn 2021/22 crop has now ... of high temperatures during late December and early January, it added. Argentina’s soybean output, which was also hit by drought, was estimated ...