Agriculture is an economic activity which is highly reliant on climate and weather in order to produce the food and fiber necessary to sustain human life. Agriculture is, however, an activity which is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Due to global warming, the temperature has increased twice during the last 50 years. The mean...
The deficit of water in the soil, causing vegetation water stress, is an important factor that negatively affects crop production. So, determining water stress, and appropriate irrigation scheduling are simultaneously important according to the crop’s nature to water stress at different growth stages. Irrigation scheduling is efficiently required to maximize the crop yield and...
Food security can be considered as one of the most essential factors for human livelihood. Food security is a combination of both physical and economic access to food, which meets the nutritional requirements of human beings and their food preferences. Food availability is mainly dependent on production, storage, and transport infrastructure. In fact, in...
Deficient rainfall triggers water shortage: Is Maharashtra’s severe water crisis staring at drought?
Maharashtra is one of the most industrialized and urbanized states in India, but its GDP is mainly dependent on the agriculture industry. As rainfall deficiency is increasing the share of the agrarian economy in the net state domestic product is decelerating because it depends on rainfall for irrigation. According to IMD, Maharashtra has received...
The Agricultural land of Goa is diminishing at a fast rate due to urbanization and climate change. The agriculture sector of the state contributes only 15-16 per cent of the state’s income although one-fourth of the population is dependent on agriculture. As most of the state practices rain-fed agriculture, knowledge about precipitation, soil moisture...
First published on October 20, 2018 The agrarian economy of Odisha is dependent on Climate and soil. Employing more than 60% of the population agricultural sector of Odisha is the demographically the broadest sector of the state which contributes about 30% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Only 20% of the agriculture area...
First published on December 11, 2018 Water is one of the most intrinsic element of the economy. Without access to clean water, almost all industry would suffer most prominently agriculture. Water scarcity is growing as a national concern as agriculture forms the backbone of the Indian economy and also plays a crucial role in...
Recently Satyukt has been part of the India-Brazil Business forum and was seated among the top 5 Agritech startups to discuss possible collaborations with Brazil. It was a transcendent opportunity in the presence of High-level delegation by Brazilian President and his 5 ministers of Brazil and Mr.Peeyush Goyal, cabinet minister of India. Satyukt with...
First published on September 11, 2018 The Godavari river flows through the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh (4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%), Madhya Pradesh (10.0%), Odisha (5.7%), Karnataka (1.4%) and Puducherry (Yanam) and joins Bay of Bengal. The Godavari basin receives its maximum rainfall during the Southwest monsoon.. The average soil moisture map...
Drought is a normal and recurrent condition of climate that occurs when the available soil moisture becomes insufficient to support plant growth. Droughts adversely affect the agricultural sector especially when they are prevailing for a longer duration. Agricultural droughts should be identified well before it’s occurrence to reduce its impact on the crop. Normalized...