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groundwater
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaExploding population: a hurdle in productivityPopulation growth has split India's landholdings and strained water for farming; raising productivity calls for agro-industrial units, processing incentives and market information.
- Soil, water & climate, MaharashtraGovernment launched Atal Bhujal YojanaDistrict officers began three days of capacity-building training at Nashik under the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a water literacy drive due to reach 1,443 villages over four years.
- Soil, water & climate, Tamil NaduFarmers announce series of protests against concretisation of dam canals in Erode districtFarmers in Erode district plan protests and an assembly election boycott against a Rs 178 crore plan to concrete the base of Bhavanisagar dam canals, saying it will lower groundwater.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalEver imagined a day without water?Water pollution from industry, festivals and household use is worsening scarcity, and rainwater harvesting from rooftops can help restore groundwater and reduce runoff and erosion.
- Policy & trade, Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh government launched YSR Scheme 2020Andhra Pradesh has launched the YSR Jalakala scheme to drill free borewells for eligible farmers, with applications checked by revenue officials, the district water agency and a geologist.
- Soil, water & climate, IndiaIrrigation methods that will help Indian farmersExplains surface, furrow, drip, sprinkler and basin irrigation, and the crops each suits, for Indian farmers facing groundwater depletion.