It’s Time to Change the Direction of Agricultural Research
The future of agriculture depends not on controlling the climate but on adapting smartly to it. In Maharashtra — especially in Marathwada, Solapur, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, parts of Vidarbha, and some talukas of Pune — unprecedented September rains caused massive destruction. Nearly 69,000 hectares of farmland were flooded, damaging crops like cotton, soybean, maize, pulses, vegetables, sweet lime, sugarcane, banana, mango, and grapes, with riverbank sugarcane fields worst hit. Earlier, climate...
