Tag: Climate Change

International
El Niño Alert: FAO Maps Where Crops and Pasturelands Are Most Vulnerable to Drought

El Niño Alert: FAO Maps Where Crops and Pasturelands Are Most Vulnerable to Drought

Using 41 years of satellite data, FAO has identified the regions where crops and...

International
FAO, WFP Launch $202 Million Appeal to Shield 8.8 Million People from El Niño Threat

FAO, WFP Launch $202 Million Appeal to Shield 8.8 Million People from El Niño Threat

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World...

Agritech
Global Agritech Funding Dips 3% to $16.2 Billion as Investment Focus Shifts

Global Agritech Funding Dips 3% to $16.2 Billion as Investment Focus Shifts

AgFunder's latest report highlights growing investment in deeptech, climatetech,...

National
Govt Ready to Tackle El Nino Threat During Kharif Season: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Govt Ready to Tackle El Nino Threat During Kharif Season: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the government is fully prepared...

International
Amazon Partners With Bayer-Backed Good Rice Alliance to Purchase Carbon Credits From Indian Rice Farmers

Amazon Partners With Bayer-Backed Good Rice Alliance to Purchase Carbon Credits From Indian Rice Farmers

Amazon to offtake methane-reducing carbon credits generated by smallholder rice...

International
Climate Change To Widen Mortality Gap, India Faces Uneven Heat Risks

Climate Change To Widen Mortality Gap, India Faces Uneven Heat Risks

Climate change is projected to cause ten times more people to die in poor countries...

National
Viksit Bharat and the Farm Economy: Why India’s Net Zero Path Will Be Won—or Lost—in Agriculture

Viksit Bharat and the Farm Economy: Why India’s Net Zero Path Will Be Won—or Lost—in Agriculture

Unlike power or transport, agriculture is both a victim of climate change and a...

National
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Urges Private Seed Industry to Spend at Least 10 pc of Funds on Seed Research

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Urges Private Seed Industry to Spend at Least 10 pc of Funds on Seed Research

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the government will introduce...

Latest News
IIT Madras-led Study Reveals Impact of Human Activity on Aerosol and Climate

IIT Madras-led Study Reveals Impact of Human Activity on Aerosol and Climate

The implications of this study are profound. With climate models heavily reliant...

International
Droughts Devastate Crops Across China and Europe as Extreme Heat and Rainfall Variability Threaten Global Food Security

Droughts Devastate Crops Across China and Europe as Extreme Heat and Rainfall Variability Threaten Global Food Security

Severe droughts and heatwaves are crippling crops across China and Europe, threatening...

International
ICRISAT, CIMMYT to Strengthen Scientific Alliance to Combat Climate Challenges

ICRISAT, CIMMYT to Strengthen Scientific Alliance to Combat Climate Challenges

ICRISAT and CIMMYT have reaffirmed their scientific alliance to combat climate challenges...

International
India’s Agriculture at Climate Crossroads: Urgent Adaptation Needed, Warns World Bank

India’s Agriculture at Climate Crossroads: Urgent Adaptation Needed, Warns World Bank

Climate change manifests in India through rising temperatures, erratic rainfall...

National
Monsoon 2025: India Likely to Receive 106% of Normal Rainfall

Monsoon 2025: India Likely to Receive 106% of Normal Rainfall

This upward revision from the IMD's April forecast of 105% LPA strengthens expectations...

National
Massive Damage to Crops and Orchards, AIKS Demands Compensation to Victims

Massive Damage to Crops and Orchards, AIKS Demands Compensation to Victims

AIKS demands an adequate ex-gratia to the families of the deceased be released by...

International
South Asia’s Agriculture Stalls Growth, Faces Climate Risk, Says World Bank

South Asia’s Agriculture Stalls Growth, Faces Climate Risk, Says World Bank

The World Bank analysis offers a potential pathway forward. Boosting labour productivity...

International
Melting Water Towers Will Aggravate Global Crises, Many Glaciers Will Not Survive This Century

Melting Water Towers Will Aggravate Global Crises, Many Glaciers Will Not Survive This Century

The first-ever World Glaciers Day on March 21 sounded the alarm that accelerating...