Farmers & El Niño: rain deficit facts and official outlooks

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A painted farmer seen from behind ploughing furrows with two bullocks beside a small farm pond, above a seven-point checklist for rain-fed rabi farming: check soil moisture, make compartment bunds and furrows, intercultivate, save water for life-saving irrigation, choose variety and date with the KVK, insure under PMFBY, and read the twice-weekly agromet advisory.Rabi 2026–27 checklist for rain-fed farmersA painted field split between green pulse plants and dry paddy stubble on cracked soil, above a bar chart from news reports of Telangana reservoir storage, 462 tmc in a typical year versus 200 tmc now, cards on the state's appeal to switch from paddy to pulses and the Krishna basin shortfall, and a four-point checklist for choosing crops.Choosing lower-water crops and varieties in a dry yearA painted farmer seen from behind checking a phone at the edge of a field, above a bar splitting 651 farming districts into 109 very high, 201 highly vulnerable and 341 other districts, four steps for using the ICAR-CRIDA district contingency plan, and cards on stress-tolerant varieties.Your district already has a weather contingency plan
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    soshyal.team

    Welcome to Farmers & El Niño, an official Soshyal room run by the Soshyal team. It stays open until the team closes it. The pinned facts cover the 2026 rain deficit and IMD's official outlook, each with its source and date. Anything marked Forecast is an outlook, not a certainty. Share what you are seeing in your fields and villages. For crop and irrigation decisions, follow official agriculture advisories; we only pin sourced information here.

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    spicy.saffron

    Hi All

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    spicy.saffron

    hi all

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Farmers & El Niño: rain deficit facts and official outlooks