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With climate change lowering crop yield in Punjab, study suggests climate-smart agri solutions

A study on ‘Climate change and its impact on productivity of major kharif and rabi crops in Punjab,’ has indicated that productivity of most crops decreases with an increase in average temperature and has suggest focus on climate-smart agriculture for effective solutions to climatic risks.

Kabir Agarwal: An ignored water crisis is at the center of the farmer protest in India

Kabir Agarwal: An ignored water crisis is at the center of the farmer protest in India

The chief reason for the perilous water crisis is the over-extraction of groundwater.
India’s food bowl heads toward desertification
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India’s food bowl heads toward desertification

Water-guzzling rice consumes more water than Punjab can recharge. If current irrigation rates continue, the state will empty its groundwater reserves within 20 years.
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