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Extreme climate warnings save farm losses

Although the free ArgoMet messaging service has enabled many farmers across the country to pare losses due to severe weather events, there is still scope to improve its reach

For farmers in Andhra Pradesh, the timing of Cyclone Hudhud was really bad. Farming suffered again due to the uncertainties of an extreme climate episode. Crops worth millions…Read More

Eat millets, pay less, stay healthier, save earth

Demand is slowly increasing for various types of millets that require very little water to grow. Scientists say that millet cultivation needs to be further encouraged to adapt to global warming that leads to losses in crop yields

“There is a marked improvement in our health and stamina after we reverted to a millet diet from rice a few years back,” says Mallika…Read More

India’s solar dream rests on Chinese imports

India’s rush to add solar power is being aided largely by a manufacturing overcapacity in China, driving down costs of photovoltaic cells and other equipment

The Indian solar energy sector is in the middle of unprecedented growth, fed by rapidly declining tariffs, improved technology and a global oversupply of photovoltaic material. It expects to add as much as 5.4 GW of solar capacity in 2016…Read More

Brahmaputra leaves a desert behind

As the floodwaters of the Brahmaputra recede for now, farmers of Assam find their fields covered with sand on which they can grow nothing

In a village about 20 kilometres from Lakhimpur – the main town on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river in Assam – Kushal Das stands on the road and strains his eyes to locate dry patches in his farmland…Read More

New solar rickshaw offers freedom from fumes

Battery powered auto rickshaws, which have started making their presence felt in Indian cities, take another step forward in Kerala by powering the batteries through solar energy

Even as debates rage over the alarming levels of pollution in cities across the country, the battery operated e-rickshaws have come as a breath of fresh air…Read More