The most devastating effects of deficit rains are slow to take root but they endure, filling the lives of farmers with uncertainty, writes ...

There may not be enough water to drink in the arid Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, but the guzzling sugarcane crop thrives ...

With pockets of severe drought and areas of unchecked wastage, India is looking at an acute water crisis in the near future.

Farmers are stuck in a sharp downward spiral — yields have come down; incomes have fallen; and investments in seeds, fertiliser and farming...