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- A 15% rainfall deficit across India has left over half the country's land area classified as drought-stricken.
- Farmers in rain-dependent regions report withered crops and dry water sources, with states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana facing significant agricultural stress.
- While irrigation coverage has expanded, the uneven rainfall pattern threatens overall crop yields for the current kharif season.
- Despite lower expected harvests, experts do not anticipate a food shortage due to current surplus levels.
What to watch next
- Assessment of final kharif season yield declines
- Impact of low water levels on upcoming rabi crop cultivation
- Government response to local crop loss surveys
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Devesh Chaturvedi
former agriculture secretary
2 quotes · 1 outlet
“Overall output will be lower than last year”
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…expected in drought-affected parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, where farmers remain more dependent on rainfall. Also Read | Changing climate demands stronger water monitoring, early warnings: CR Patil “ Overall output will be lower than last year ,” Chaturvedi said, pointing out that 2025-26 was a bumper production year. That assessment is in line with the government’s own production target. It has set the 2026-27 kharif production target at 176.16 million…
“India already produces a substantial surplus of several crops, he said, and should have enough food to meet domestic requirements.”
In the article
…than the 72.074 million tonnes procured as of August 5 this year and the 70.885 million tonnes procured during the 2024-25 season. Chaturvedi, however, said a lower harvest should not translate into a food shortage. India already produces a substantial surplus of several crops, he said, and should have enough food to meet domestic requirements. Farmers adjusted acreage in response to the weather Crops have been sown on 110.4 million hectares, down 1.3% from a year earlier, with paddy acreage down 3.7% and maize acreage down 2.2%. But the decline in acreage…
Lal Singh Thakur
1 quote · 1 outlet
“I will not earn a penny from it this year. I had invested ₹40,000 in it”
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…Singh Thakur sowed soybean on his three-acre farm in Pipla, Nagpur, in July, he was hoping the monsoon would revive his crop. Instead, the rains failed, his 300-foot borewell dried up, and the soybean plants withered. “ I will not earn a penny from it this year. I had invested ₹40,000 in it ,” said Thakur, who used, soybean saved from last year’s harvest as seed. Last year, he harvested about 18 quintals from the same land and earned around ₹1 lakh after expenses. This year, he does not expect to recover…
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