From south-west to north-east, a stretched monsoon has pushed vegetables in India into an unsavoury stew of high prices, ratings agency CRISIL said in a report, adding that any respite in the short-term will be a function of how it pours from here. “First came the erratic and often copious summer spells that delayed arrivals […]
India’s natural rubber (NR) production is expected to drop sharply in October and November, as heavy rains have been disrupting tapping activity in the country’s top NR producing state, Kerala. With production dipping India, the world’s second-biggest consumer of natural rubber, may have to increase imports in the coming months from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, […]
Gujarat, the main producer of groundnut, produced 38.55 lakh tonnes of groundnuts this year, up 8.74 percent from the previous year, according to industry body Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India. Last year, Gujarat had harvested 35.45 lakh tonnes of groundnuts. The increase in output is mostly because of normal to high rainfall in August […]
Onion prices have increased by Rs 750 a quintal over the past ten days in markets across Maharashtra’s Nashik district, the commodity’s hub. But, prices are likely to head south once early Kharif onion begins arriving next month. Traders have raised the prices citing damage to stocks in storages. The rise in prices will also […]
Prices of onion are likely to go up substantially, with an erratic monsoon leading to an eventual delay in the harvest. The delay in arrival of the kharif crop and shorter shelf life of the buffer stock because of Cyclone Tauktae may result in a rise in prices, says a research note from CRISIL. CRISIL […]
Monsoon extremes are likely to increase over India and South Asia, while the frequency of short intense rainy days is expected to rise, noted an IPCC report on climate change. The report also states that extreme weather and poor air quality is likely to gut India’s poor farmers and low-income workers, unless remedial actions are […]
A harsh drought grew more severe across major parts of the U.S. farm belt this week, threatening recently planted corn, soybean and spring wheat crops in Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas, meteorologists and climatologists said on Thursday. Rains forecast for the northern Midwest and Great Plains this weekend and next week will bring relief to […]
Tauktae, designated as an extremely severe cyclonic storm equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, is moving north-northwestward in the Arabian Sea towards the western Indian state of Gujarat and is expected to cross the coast later on Monday, the India Meteorological Department said. It said in statement that heavy rainfall and winds with a maximum […]
India’s Southwest monsoon, which brings a majority of rainfall to the country, is expected to be normal this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. M Rajeevan, secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the monsoon this year will be 98% of the Long Period Average with an error margin of plus and […]
The sudden rains towards the end of monsoon leading to floods in certain areas of the country may hit harvest ready crops such as cotton, groundnut, moong, tur, maize and even paddy. Areas in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka are reported to be badly hit by the rains. Preliminary estimates suggest that standing […]
