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Why strong monsoon rains are not necessarily good news for Indian farmers While crops in the ground have been damaged by the monsoon, the rains have replenished reservoirs and ground water reserves, which augurs well for India’s rural economy in 2020 Current Affairs :India, one of the world’s greatest rural makers, encountered its heaviest rainstorm rains in 25 years this year. While downpour would typically cheer the agrarian heartland, the rainstorm was inconsistent and has left numerous yields harmed. For what reason IS THE MONSOON IMPORTANT? India is the world’s greatest maker of sugar, cotton and beats and the second-greatest maker of wheat and rice. The achievement of these yields is generally dictated by the June-September rainstorm, which conveys around 70 percent of the nation’s yearly precipitation. The storm is likewise basic for the more extensive economy. Cultivating makes up around 15 percent of the $2.5 trillion economy and utilizes the greater part of...

Cycle of extremes: Erratic monsoon hits crops in Karnataka’s Kaveri basin The rainfall anomaly in the Kaveri basin is part of a larger trend where climate change results in spells of torrential rain interspersed with unusually dry periods Current Affairs  :- Sporadic precipitation this storm harmed 25 percent of the kharif (summer) crops planted in the regions along the Kaveri stream bowl of southern and inside Karnataka, as per a neighborhood rancher’s system. The ranchers here had deferred the planting of these yields to August since June and July, customary planting months, had detailed inadequate precipitation. Yet, heavy rains in August demolished a fourth of the harvests, both youthful and develop. The southern territories of the Kaveri bowl detailed a 28 percent precipitation inadequacy and focal zones 22 percent, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Be that as it may, August recorded a 102 percent “huge overabundance”. “The measure of precipitat...

Walmart Foundation gives Rs 34 cr to 2 cos bringing tech to Indian farmers Digital Green and TechnoServe have received $1.3 mn and $3.5 mn, respectively Current Affairs :- Walmart Foundation on Tuesday reported an award of $4.8 million, or Rs 34 crore, to two associations concentrated on bringing innovation practices to cultivating, as a major aspect of the retailer’s responsibility to improving rancher business in India. The awards were given to Digital Green, a worldwide improvement firm bringing tech instruments to ranchers in India and Ethiopia, and TechnoServe, a Washington-headquartered non-benefit working in the Indian homestead division for a long time. Bringing ranchers access to agribusiness innovation, preparing on reasonable cultivating strategies, upgraded access to formal markets, and ability and limit working for rancher maker associations (FPOs) are the objectives of the award, Walmart Foundation said in a press explanation. With this, the establishment...