Droughts

The second installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II’s report, titled "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”, said climate-related risks to agriculture and food systems in Asia will progressively intensify with the changing climate, with differentiated impacts across the region.

UN weather agency warns of water crisis without urgent reforms

Despite some recent advances, it found that 107 countries remain off track for a target to sustainably manage their water resources by 2030.

DATA STORY: Over 75,000 deaths, Rs 4 lakh crore lost — the cost of natural disasters in India since 2000

India ranks among the top five countries which have been hit by the most number of natural disasters in the last decade.

Sugar mills shut early as drought hits cane crop: Trade body

Sugar mills in Maharashtra typically operate between November to April, but this year cane supplies have fallen due to back-to-back droughts.

India's sugar output to fall by 3.7 MT due to droughts: Report

Sugar production in Asia is expected to be significantly lower in the 2016-17 sugar season as the 2015 El Nino-induced drought pulled output down to a five-year low, a Rabo Bank report said.

India offers to buy tur dal from Mozambique at MSP plus cost

Pulse prices in domestic markets are retailing as high as Rs 198 per kg due to shortfall in the local output in the wake of two consecutive droughts.

India to revoke compulsory sugar export order: Govt sources

The government has scrapped the order in view of tightening supplies in the local market, said an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been formally announced yet.

Water woes deepens in Marathwada; 380 MCM water left in dams

Battling one of the worst droughts in the recent past, Maharashtra's Marathwada region is only left with paltry 380 Million Cubic Meter (MCM) of usable water in over 800 dams in the region.

Union Budget 2016-17: Govt commitment to modernise agri mkt a welcome move

An all-time high agricultural credit of Rs. 9 lakh crore as well as provision of Rs. 15000 crore towards interest subvention to reduce burden of loan repayment is a very important announcement.

Food imports rise as Modi struggles to revive rural India

Back-to-back droughts, the lack of long-term investment in agriculture and increasing demands from a growing population are undermining the country's bid to be self-sufficient in food.

690 mn children at risk from climate change, says UNICEF

Almost 530 million children live in countries hardest-hit by high floods and tropical storms, mostly in Asia.

Chances of below normal rainfall slightly higher in 2014

This year's Monsoon will most probably not experience a La-Nina year (this phenomena correlates well with excess rainfall). Therefore, there is a lesser chance of excess rain. The chances of below normal rainfall are slightly higher than normal as of now.

Solar superstorm could knock out US power grid: experts

US weather has been lousy this year, with droughts, heat and killer storms. But a solar superstorm could be far worse.

Bihar CM seeks weather forecast help from Google India

In a meeting that transpired between the Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar and search giant, Google's Managing Director for India region (R&D), Peeyush Ranjan