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Rainfed Agriculture
Role of irrigation in improving farm efficiency in tribal villages of Eastern India
Posted on 13 Apr, 2024 03:21 PMAgricultural productivity continues to be low in South Asian economies such as India. For example, the average paddy production per hectare in India is 3590 kg, which is much lower compared to 6686 kg per ha.
Mapping groundwater in drought prone Marathwada
Posted on 12 Apr, 2024 10:16 AMAs high as 0.6 million Indians suffer from high to very high water stress because of insufficient availability of freshwater.
Reviving the traditional tank irrigation systems of Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 28 Feb, 2024 10:34 AMThe tank irrigation systems of South India
Managing water resources and generating livelihood opportunities in rural India
Posted on 11 Jan, 2024 04:28 AMThe availability of water is crucial for meeting a range of developmental challenges from poverty, food security to gender equity and can have a significant impact on health, education and livelihoods.
Switching crops in India's food bowl benefits water sustainability
Posted on 24 Oct, 2023 04:45 PMIndia is the second-largest cereal exporter globally, making its cereal production vital for both domestic and international food security. Three major states in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal - account for 30% of India's total food production and are considered the food bowl of India.
Changing crop types and water scarcity: The case of Marathwada
Posted on 27 Aug, 2023 04:57 AMMarathwada is one of the most drought-prone regions of India and the increasing severity of droughts and their adverse impacts on socioeconomic conditions in the region have been of major concern in recent years. Majority of the area of Marathwada is under rain-fed agriculture and the summer monsoon rainfall is crucial for agricultural production in the region.
Union Budget 2023-24: Poor need more focused attention
Posted on 09 Feb, 2023 08:14 PMThe Union Budget 2023 has given significant relief to the middle classes; however, India’s vast majorities of working people in rural areas and the cities need more focused attention. We may have come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the precarity of employment continues.
Factors influencing crop diversification in Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 28 Dec, 2022 04:29 PMClimate change has become a major threat to agriculture and rural livelihoods and can lead to rural poverty and migration and cause overexploitation of natural resources such as water, land and forests informs this study titled 'Is crop diversification vulnerable to climate, agricultural and socio-economic facto
A successful model of integrated farming system in Koraput
Posted on 03 Dec, 2022 07:23 AMRapid population growth is leading to land fragmentation and reducing the amount of cultivable land available to owners. This trend of declining land ownership combined with natural disasters is reducing the viability and sustainability of agriculture.
Shrinkage of aus rice in eastern India
Posted on 12 Oct, 2022 02:43 PMAgricultural intensification riding on the Green Revolution ushered bountiful production of selected staples (rice, wheat, maize) in the developing nations and caused a significant economic growth.