Drought News

Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in the drought-hit kharif season, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday.

African nations pushed wealthy countries at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to explain how they intend to cut their greenhouse emissions under the landmark global warming agreement being negotiated.

While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a series of bills that would vastly overhaul the state's troubled water system.

NANCHANG: A prolonged drought since September has affected 909,000 people in east China's Jiangxi Province, said a spokesman with the provincial flood control and drought relief office on Friday.

CHINA'S second-largest freshwater lake, Dongting, had shrunk in area by more than half in just a month, a meteorologist said yesterday.

The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes.

El Nino storms have caused major flooding in parts of Kenya's coastal regions, killing at least two people and leaving thousands homeless.

With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday they were now striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. and other rich nations to make commitments that are not legally binding.

FRESNO, Calif. a " State engineers are praising a new plan to track the water being pumped up from underground aquifers, but say more should be done to safeguard structures as land levels keep sinking.The package of water bills lawmakers passed Wednesday sets up a largely voluntary program for local agencies to monitor the state's supply of ...

Nov 5 - Large numbers of kangaroos invade a drought-striken Australian town under nightfall in search of food and water.

China's drought relief office has called for immediate and intensified efforts to fight drought in provinces in south China, which caused water shortage to 2.47 million people.

Hartwell Huddleston returned the extra combine he bought to help harvest what looked to be one of his best soybean crops ever.

It's interesting to see the reaction to a report just released by our foundation and the Pembina Institute.

Four eastern New Mexico counties have been declared eligible for disaster assistance due to their proximity to counties in Texas that have been declared disaster areas due to drought and other problems.

The state Assembly has approved an $11.4-billion bond to fund a comprehensive overhaul of California's antiquated water system.

African countries say they are ending a boycott of meetings at U.N. climate negotiations after winning promises for more in-depth talks on greenhouse gas emissions.

Rain drops on a car window reflects a man walking past a stock index board in Tokyo August 10, 2009.[Agencies] Drinking untreated rainwater is safe for your health, according to an Australian study.

A couple of months ago, the agricultural situation in his district was rather dire, said Dr.

The United Nations Children's Fund is leading UN relief efforts in north-eastern Kenya, where recent torrential rainfall has brought flooding at the same time as much of the rest of the country endures a prolonged drought.