Tanvi Deshpande
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Why diverting maize for ethanol is affecting poultry farmers (opens the original)
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Indiaâs poultry farmers have watched their input costs rising in the last four years, as maize-based ethanol went from 0% in 2021-22 to around 37% in 2025-26. Despite a record maize production last year, Indiaâs poultry farmers are contending with higher retail prices of the poultry staple due to its increasing demand for ethanol blending. With a decline in sowing and deficient rainfall this year, experts say this is likely to get worse. Maize was available to poultry farmers for Rs 12-14 pe
What does a 13% rainfall deficit mean for Indiaâs kharif crop? (opens the original)
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Even though the area under Kharif may look normal, the yield may be lower, says former agriculture secretary Siraj Hussain in this conversation. The threat of a strong El Niño still looming, rainfall in this yearâs monsoon season varied by the month. June was one of the driest in Indiaâs history, closing at a 35% deficit whereas July was 1% above normal. This ânormalâ rainfall in July was largely driven by Central India whereas East and South India had a large deficit. As of August 26,
Climate change is making humid heat more intense in these Indian cities (opens the original)
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New research shows that Indian cities such as Tiruchirapalli, Chennai, and Vijayawada have seen dangerous humid heat days increase manifold in the last five decades. Long dry spells this monsoon in some parts of India meant warmer days and nights even in July. Climate change is making the world hotter and more humid, and the number of dangerous humid heat days is rising, a new study shows. Sixteen Indian cities saw dangerous humid days for more than six months each year, the study found. âFelt
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