Sixteen percent of farmers now have access to superfast broadband
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Educated youth are boosting agricultural growth with hi-tech farming in Tamil Nadu: India
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John Deere earns six AE50 awards for latest agricultural innovations
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger
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Climate threat dominates 2019 global risk rankings
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Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last 4 decades
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DROUGHTS
Trees change inside as drought persists
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Termites mitigate effects of drought in tropical rainforests
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FLOODS
Harvard University to study impact of Kerala floods
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Climate-fuelled flooding is Canada’s costliest and fastest-growing extreme-weather challenge, report says
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FOOD SECURITY
UN creates new food initiatives, names 2020 ‘Year of Plant Health’
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New 'planetary health diet' can save lives and the planet, major review suggests
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IRRIGATION
Andhra’s Polavaram irrigation project creates Guinness world records: India
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Clearing thirsty alien vegetation set to bring cheapest solution to Cape Town’s water crisis
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Desalination plants worldwide produce more toxic waste than fresh water, UN-backed study shows
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ICID e-Bulletin 7 Jan 2019
• Wednesday, 2019-January-09
Harness big data in farming Given the significant advances made by Artificial Intelligence, it’s time India makes good use of this technology to encourage higher farm yields and weed out the many problems that bedevil this sector
AGRICULTURE
Improving crop yields while conserving resources
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Bhimashankar villagers multiply indigenous seeds: India
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