Agriculture is multi-functional, producing economic goods including food, feed, fibre, and fuel, as well as providing several intangible or non-tradable services to society free of cost. Non-tradable services, unlike economic goods, remain unpriced; as a result, farmers are not compensated monetarily for the benefits of the several non-tradable services they …
When drought strikes, Thailand turns to its Royal Rainmakers -- an airborne team which seeds the clouds over the kingdom. The country is the grip of its worst drought for decades, with 22 of its 76 provinces affected. So the Thai Department of Royal Rainmaking is sending up its planes …
As climate change makes the desert nation hotter and drier, and a growing economy uses more water, the United Arab Emirates is giving $5m to researchers finding ways to wring more moisture out of clouds A pilot and a United Arab Emirates official check salt flares on a plane. They …
HAVANA, Cuba (CMC) - The Water Resources institute says a cloud seeding programme will be implemented on September 15 in an effort to relieve areas hard hit by the prolonged drought. The effectiveness of the two month programme, aimed at increasing rainfall in the eastern end of the island will …
Pune The Ministry of Earth Sciences has requested the state government to part with 17 gunthas of land in Mahabaleshwar for its cloud-seeding project, for which it had got a green signal early in the year. City-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), which will be operating the centre, is …
The cloud-seeding experiment in rainshadow regions is likely to begin this week, pushed from its August-25 schedule as scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) wait for some clearances.
The State Government has decided to go the Chinese way to deal with the erratic monsoon rains: It will test rocket launching system of cloud seeding to ensure rainfall and avoid agriculture drought. The new system will be experimented near Linganamakki and Thippagondanahalli reservoirs as well as Narayanapura dam in …
July 15: The agriculture minister, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, on Thursday said that the scientific data available with the government had proved that the cloud seeding operations yielded positive results. Replying to a question in the Assembly, the minister said that rainfall had increased by 4.76 per cent in 2005 …
As the country saw drought-like situation in most regions and recorded 22 per cent less than normal rainfall last year, city-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) under the India Meteorological Department has charted out its cloud seeding programme for the rain shadow regions in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka …
Vladimir Radyuhin MOSCOW: As weather modifying becomes increasingly fashionable, Moscow is joining Beijing in trying to tamper with snowfalls. Two weeks after Beijing successfully tested the technique of causing tonnes of snow to fall on the drought-hit city by bombarding clouds with silver iodine, Moscow authorities are embarking on a …
HYDERABAD: Cloud-seeding operations could not be undertaken for the third day on Wednesday following a technical snag in the Cessna plane being used for the purpose. On July 20, when Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy inaugurated the exercise at the airport, the plane lost radio contact with the …
Mumbai The lakes that feed Mumbai will bank once again on an experiment that helped induce rain 17 years ago. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will carry out cloud seeding in the next eight days, hoping to bring artificial rain in its catchment areas, lakes in Thane and Shahapur district, …
Sudha Nambudiri | ENS KOCHI: Even as several States, including Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, are planning cloud-seeding programme to induce artificial rains following the uncertainty over the arrival and intensity of monsoon, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, has already begun studies to ascertain the scientific basis …
Agriculture Minister S A Ravindranath said the Cabinet, which will meet on July 6, will discuss whether to take up cloud seeding at those places which have received scanty rainfall. Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Ravindranath said that a majority of districts in the State have received good …
V NarayanaMurthi WITH the Vellore region experiencing scanty rainfall over the years, it is perhaps time the authorities considered artificial cloud seeding to bridge the demand-supply gap Consider this: since 1996, the region has been receiving deficit rainfall ranging between 6 and 65 per cent of the normal 900 mm …
Anantapur, July 27: The cloud seeding experiment to be conducted from Anantapur was postponed again by two days. The cloud seeding, which was to be launched on July 24 was initially postponed to July 27 as Agni Aviation Agency, which has entered into an agreement with the state government on …
DH News Service, Hubli: Former minister and senior Congress leader H K Patil will soon meet Primary Minister Manmohan Singh and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and appeal them to take up cloud seeding in different parts of the country to save farmers from continuous droughts. Speaking to media persons here …
