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Rainfed agency to make action plan for drought-prone districtsBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2019
The National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) is working on developing a comprehensive drought-proofing action plan for 24 districts in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka this year, said NRAA CEO Ashok Dalwai. The NRAA will develop similar action plans for other districts... Read more.. |
Agriculture is taking the hardest hit of climate change in ChhattisgarhBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 24, 2019
Climate change is slowly beginning to affect the most important cog in the economic wheel of India – agriculture. Rain-fed agriculture systems are taking a hard hit with monsoons becoming... Read more.. Subject Tags: Agriculture , Climate Change , Drought , efficiency , GDP , state action plan on climate change |
Low soil moisture posing threat in most river basinsBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 29, 2019
Factors like temperature, rainfall and soil moisture affect distribution and growth of vegetation. A study of these factors has shown that forest and croplands in two-thirds of river basins across India do not have the potential to cope with extreme climatic events such as... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , Drought , ecosystem management , global warming , rainfall , river basin |
Nearly 50 per cent of India currently facing droughtBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 1, 2019
Nearly 50 per cent of the country is currently facing drought with at least 16 per cent falling in the "exceptional" or "extreme" category, according to IIT Gandhinagar scientists managing India... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , climate change adaptation , Drought , farmers , India , Natural Resource Management , Resource Conservation |