The Economic Times

World Bank has signed an agreement with the government of India and government of Andhra Pradesh to extend a loan of $172.2 million (Rs 1,257 crore) to help turn farming in Andhra a financially viable activity.

Pune Mirror

After suffering from damages and heavy losses over the years, farmers in Maharashtra are learning to practise climate-resilient agriculture techniques. About 5,000 farmers, who come from areas vulnerable to climate change, have been identified by the department of agriculture for a project undertaken by the World Bank. Approved in 2017, the work started a year later in July 2018.

The Times of India

If you were wondering why the pollution situation had again become grim after two days of relative calm, here’s part of your answer: a change in wind direction has resulted in the capital bearing the brunt of crop fires in north Indian states.

The Hindu Business Line

Indian agriculture is at a crossroads. While rising incomes and demographic pressure combine to expand demand for a whole range of food crops, farm sector growth continues to be stymied by antiquated agronomic practices resulting in low productivity as well as newer challenges including land constraints, water shortage and climate change.

The Indian Express

In his book Liberal Hours, the late John Kenneth Galbraith argued that all kinds of promises would be made months before the presidential elections in the US, not necessarily always very practical. When I was in Canada on a teaching assignment, my friend John English — a minister himself, but better known as the biographer of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the present prime minister’s father — took me to an election meeting of the Liberal Party. The noise, sloganeering and the excitement seemed like that of an Indian election rally. But the crowd was just about a thousand — not thousands, like in India. This time in India, we seem to have entered the silly season ...