Bihar: Delayed monsoon, severe heatwave affects paddy seedlings transplantation
1 year, 6 months ago

Bihar: Delayed monsoon, severe heatwave affects paddy seedlings transplantation

Hindustan Times  

The prolonged severe heat wave coupled with delayed monsoon rains in Bihar has severally affected the sowing of paddy seedlings with just 31% of overall transplantation done so far across nine divisions, officials of the state agriculture department said. Only 31 % coverage of paddy seedlings done out of targeted cultivable area Bihar has recorded 81% deficient rainfall this month having recorded only 14.4 mm of rainfall as against normal rain of 81.5 mm from 1 June to 20 June, as per official data. But in the last one week, the sowing has been slow with farmers apprehensive of sowing seedlings because of damage due to lack of enough water in fields,” said another agriculture officer. Agriculture director Alok Ranjan Ghosh said the state government has a plan ready for rolling out diesel subsidy during the sowing of seedlings as well as a ‘continency crop plan’ in case there is deficient rains, crop damages for long dry spells in the rainy season, and damages due to squalls.

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Prolonged monsoon may spoil crops; scanty rain hurts paddy in UP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prolonged monsoon may spoil crops; scanty rain hurts paddy in UP

Hindustan Times  

A surplus monsoon has helped to expand the area planted with key kharif or summer-sown crops but flooding in several states and scanty showers in others pose risks to farm output, analysts said. Last week, Karnataka revenue minister Krishna Byre Gowda said 58 people died due to widespread flooding in the state, which had damaged crops in 80,000 hectares. Heavy …

‘Monsoon likely to extend, threatening ripe summer crops’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Monsoon likely to extend, threatening ripe summer crops’

The Hindu  

Above-normal rainfall due to delayed withdrawal of the monsoon could damage India’s summer-sown crops like rice, cotton, soybean, corn, and pulses that are harvested from mid-September. The southwest monsoon is likely to be prolonged into late September this year due to a mid-month low-pressure system, two senior India Meteorological Department officials told Reuters. Monsoon rainfall in September and October could …

‘Changing monsoon altering crop cycles’
5 months ago

‘Changing monsoon altering crop cycles’

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: June, the first of the four-month monsoon season, is becoming drier and hotter, delaying sowing of kharif or summer crops by two to three weeks and, as a result, pushing winter-planted wheat into periods of heat stress, official data shows. This in turn tends to delay and shorten the time available for sowing the winter staple wheat, exposing …

Climate change makes India’s monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?
6 months ago

Climate change makes India’s monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. “We planted our cotton seeds after a good monsoon was predicted but it rained just two days and stopped after, so now we’re worried our crops will fail again.” The Indian …

Floods, El Nino effect unlikely to impact rice output in Haryana: Experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Floods, El Nino effect unlikely to impact rice output in Haryana: Experts

Hindustan Times  

Despite floods, heavy rains and waterlogging in July as well as the El Nino effect in August, experts expect Haryana to have a bumper crop this year provided weather conditions remain favourable. Deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala said despite floods a bumper paddy crop is expected this year as the state food, supplies and consumer affairs department is expecting the …

Bihar to see heavy rain, heat wave at the same time
1 year, 7 months ago

Bihar to see heavy rain, heat wave at the same time

Hindustan Times  

Parts of Bihar received light to moderate rain on Wednesday while remaining places reeled under hot and humid conditions, resulting in a sharp contrast in weather conditions of northern and southern districts of the state, officials of Patna Meteorological Centre said. Patna Meteorological Centre issued a special advisory for farmers, warning of the strong possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall …

Air We Breathe | Why late rainfall may lead to more intense farm fires
2 years, 2 months ago

Air We Breathe | Why late rainfall may lead to more intense farm fires

Hindustan Times  

An unexpected drop in temperatures caused by unseasonal rainfall may have reduced pollution levels in the national capital and the northern plains, but it will further delay maturing of paddy, leaving a shorter window for farmers in Punjab and Haryana to sow the next crop, forcing cultivators to resort to burning stubble, and leading to a more intense pollution spike …

Andhra Pradesh: Near-normal monsoon pushes up kharif acreage in drought-prone Prakasam district
2 years, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Near-normal monsoon pushes up kharif acreage in drought-prone Prakasam district

The Hindu  

The kharif crop acreage has improved to 82% of the normal average in the drought-prone Prakasam district in view of near-normal rainfall during the monsoon season. The acreage of oil seed crops stands at 8,374 hectares, accounting for 155% of the average, while cotton in 41,452 hectares accounts for 140% crop coverage. The acreage of red gram, the principal pulse …

A rain dampener for kharif crops this monsoon poses price risks
2 years, 4 months ago

A rain dampener for kharif crops this monsoon poses price risks

Live Mint  

The patchy progress of the southwest monsoon this year has cast a long shadow on India’s kharif crop produce, particularly of rice, which is an important constituent of the government’s food distribution programmes. The southwest monsoon season runs from June to September and typically provides around three-fourths of the country’s annual rainfall. It remains considerably lower than last year’s for …

India needs climate-resilient farming
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs climate-resilient farming

Hindustan Times  

After a gruelling March-May season, marked by back-to-back heatwave days in parts of India, the country confronts another challenge: An uneven spread of the southwest monsoon. In July, there was 16.9% excess rain over the country, with 10.8% excess over northwest India; 42.7% excess over central India; 60.4% excess over peninsular India, according to the India Meteorological Department. For farmers, …

Kharif sowing on rise, lower output of rice likely amid patchy rainfall
2 years, 4 months ago

Kharif sowing on rise, lower output of rice likely amid patchy rainfall

Hindustan Times  

The area under most kharif or summer-sown crops critical for the country’s food security rose in the week ended July 29, compared to the same period last year, official data showed on Friday, but experts said they expected lower output of the main staple rice due to a patchy monsoon, potentially pushing up cereal prices. “Since rainfall continues to be …

Kharif acreage rises marginally as monsoon picks pace: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Kharif acreage rises marginally as monsoon picks pace: Report

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: India's kharif acreage has increased marginally so far this year with adequate progress of the southwest monsoon, India Ratings and Research said in a note on Thursday. “As on 15 July 2022, the total area sown under kharif crops has been 59.21 million hectare against 59.13 mha during the same period last year. As a result, the correlation between …

Data | Rice sowing hit as monsoon stalled, stock averts crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Rice sowing hit as monsoon stalled, stock averts crisis

The Hindu  

After a slow start, the Southwest monsoon has arrived in most parts of the country except Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, and Punjab. Given that three of these five regions are the top producers of rice, paddy output may take a significant hit if rainfall continues to remain poor. However, rice and paddy stocks in government godowns are …

Faltering rain upsets paddy crop cycles in Kerala
2 years, 6 months ago

Faltering rain upsets paddy crop cycles in Kerala

The Hindu  

Farmers in the State, especially paddy growers, are having a tough time due to the faltering southwest monsoon in June and July. The excess precipitation in May often leads to widespread crop loss across the State, as it is the period of ‘Puncha’ harvest in many areas. Similarly, the excess rainfall during northeast monsoon that frequently extends to November and …

Monsoon jitters: The Hindu Editorial on rain deficit and droughts
2 years, 6 months ago

Monsoon jitters: The Hindu Editorial on rain deficit and droughts

The Hindu  

The monsoon landed early in Kerala, three days ahead of the normal date of June 1. The monsoon rainfall is critical to kharif sowing and so a faltering June has raised concerns in several quarters. June rainfall, particularly in the first fortnight, is historically patchy and contributes less than 18% of the monsoon rainfall. The June to September rainfall over …

Amid Criticism, Centre Cites High Moisture Content for Postponement of Paddy Procurement in Punjab, Haryana
3 years, 2 months ago

Amid Criticism, Centre Cites High Moisture Content for Postponement of Paddy Procurement in Punjab, Haryana

News 18  

With Punjab upset over Centre’s postponement of paddy procurement till October 11, the Union Food Ministry on Friday said it has been done to protect farmers as sale of paddy with high moisture content caused due to untimely rains may lead to rejection of the grain at buying centres and consequent loss to farmers. The paddy crop in both agrarian …

Data | Kharif sowing takes a hit as southwest monsoon stalls
3 years, 5 months ago

Data | Kharif sowing takes a hit as southwest monsoon stalls

The Hindu  

Rainfall during the southwest monsoon reduced sharply in July compared to June, impacting the sowing of major Kharif crops. The deficit in rainfall is high in West Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Gujarat, the Saurashtra and Kutch regions, and Kerala this year and has reduced the area sown by more than 10% until July 9, 2021 compared to the same period …

Kharif planting lags as monsoon rains taper off
3 years, 5 months ago

Kharif planting lags as monsoon rains taper off

The Hindu  

Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares with summer crops, down 10.4% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month. Planting of rice, the key summer crop, was at 11.5 million hectares as of July 9 versus 12.6 million hectares in the previous year, …

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