West Bengal is India's top paddy growing state. Bardhaman region in the state, which is known as the rice bowl of Bengal, has received minus 47% deficient rainfall leading to a drastic reduction in paddy sowing. A Gaon Connection ground report as part of its Paddy Pain series.

पश्चिम बंगाल भारत का शीर्ष धान उत्पादक राज्य है। राज्य के बर्धमान क्षेत्र, जिसे राज्य के धान के कटोरे के रूप में जाना जाता है, यहां पर माइनस 47% कम वर्षा हुई है, जिससे धान की बुवाई में भारी कमी आई है। पढ़िए गाँव कनेक्शन की खास सीरीज 'धान का दर्द' की दूसरी खबर

Floods, followed by drought, have disrupted the crop cycle in Bangladesh, especially in the northern and coastal southwest regions of the country. Of the total 5.62 million hectares of land under aman paddy cultivation, only 25 per cent has been cultivated this year in the delta country.

लंबी सर्दियां, हीटवेव, कीटों के हमले, सूखे जैसी स्थिति और अब अक्टूबर में विनाशकारी बारिश - इस साल उत्तर प्रदेश में मौसम में उतार-चढ़ाव ने किसानों को झटका दिया है। पिछले दो हफ्तों में, राज्य में लगातार बारिश हुई है, जिससे खड़ी फसलें चौपट हो गई हैं और अब इससे अगली फसल भी प्रभावित होगी। बाराबंकी से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट।

1 जून से 16 अगस्त के बीच झारखंड में माइनस 36 फीसदी बारिश दर्ज की गई है। इसके कुल 24 जिलों में से केवल एक जिले (पश्चिम सिंहभूम) ने अब तक 'सामान्य' मानसून वर्षा दर्ज की है। विशेषज्ञों को इस खरीफ सीजन में धान की बुआई में 50 फीसदी की गिरावट की आशंका है। छोटे किसान और खेतिहर मजदूर काम की तलाश में दूसरे राज्यों की ओर पलायन कर रहे हैं। 'धान का दर्द' सीरीज के हिस्से के रूप में पलामू से गाँव कनेक्शन की रिपोर्ट।

Uttar Pradesh, one of the leading rice producing states in India, is reeling, as more than half the monsoon season is over and the state has a rainfall deficit of 40 %, which has had a direct impact on paddy sowing. Other paddy growing states in the Indo-Gangetic plains have also reported deficient rainfall. How will this affect paddy production and food welfare schemes? Will there be a ripple effect on the global food supply, as India is the world's largest rice exporter? Gaon Connection tries to find answers in its new series, Paddy Pain.

Between June 1 and August 16, Jharkhand recorded a rainfall departure of minus 36 per cent. Of its total 24 districts, only one district (West Singhbhum) has reported 'normal' monsoon rainfall so far. Experts fear a 50% drop in paddy sowing this kharif season. Small farmers and agricultural labourers are migrating to other states in search of work. A Gaon Connection report from Palamu as part of the 'Paddy Pain' series.

Prolonged winters, early heatwaves, pest attacks, drought-like conditions and now devastating rainfall in October – erratic weather has dealt blow after blow to farmers in Uttar Pradesh this year. In the past two weeks, the state has received incessant rains, which has flattened standing crops and is likely to affect the next crop cycle, too. A ground report from Barabanki.

Deficient monsoon rainfall has affected millions of farmers across 65 districts in Uttar Pradesh. While they are demanding an official declaration of drought, farmers from at least 18 other districts in the state were hit by floods leading to further crop losses. The state government has announced a drought survey and also flood relief. But farmers say it is too little, too late.

At a time they are usually scrambling from floods, Bihar’s farmers are facing a drought. Urban India can probably not comprehend the annual crises for the farmer in Bihar, now normalised in India’s monsoon headlines.