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Groundwater depletion may reduce winter cropping intensity by 20% in India

Groundwater depletion may reduce winter cropping intensity by 20% in India Updated: Updated: Policy-supported intensive agriculture led to unsustainable groundwater use, water scarcity Share Article AAA Scarcity: A good 13% of villages with winter crops are in critically water-depleted regions.   | Photo Credit: Nikhil Patil Policy-supported intensive agriculture led to unsustainable groundwater use, water scarcity India is the second-largest producer of wheat in the world, with over 30 million hectares in the country dedicated to producing this crop. But with severe groundwater depletion, the cropping intensity or the amount of land planted in the winter season may decrease by up to 20% by 2025, notes a new paper. Some of the important winter crops are wheat, barley, mustard and peas.

Groundwater depletion could affect winter harvests

Groundwater depletion could affect winter harvests doi:10.1038/nindia.2021.36 Published online 10 March 2021 © S. PriyadarshiniThe land area that Indian farmers can sow on in winter may decrease significantly in regions facing the most severe aquifer depletion, leading to a 20% fall in harvests nationwide by 2025, says a study 1 by a team of researchers from India, the US and Israel. While the monsoon rains in India enable cultivation during the fall and spring seasons, agriculture during winter, depends primarily on groundwater. Global groundwater reserves the source of irrigation for 40% of the world’s agricultural production are rapidly depleting, and the problem is particularly acute in India,

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This Week Around The World share February 22 Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Italian ambassador to the DRC was killed along with two others when a U.N. convoy was attacked, according to AP News. Luca Attanasio, who had been working at the Italian embassy in Congo since 2017, Carabinieri paramilitary officer Vittorio Lacovacci and their Congolese driver Moustapha Milambo were killed while on their way to visit a school as part of the World Food Program. “Yesterday I couldn’t express to his family the deep sorrow of the entire Foreign Ministry and our sincere closeness,” wrote Elisabetta Belloni, the ministry’s secretary general, according to

Groundwater Loss in India Threatens Millions of Farmers Ability to Grow Food

Groundwater Loss in India Threatens Millions of Farmers Ability to Grow Food
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