Livelihoods Update 26th May 2026

65% of Indians living in urban areas are healthy on the outside and tired on the inside, and 82% of urban Indians experience stress. 20% of urban Indians are facing unmanageable stress: India Health Quotient 2026.

 

Extreme Weather and El Nino have severely affected the Alphonso mango crop in India. 85-90% of the crop in Devgad, Maharashtra. India’s mango sector produced 2.3 billion$ worth of mangoes last year: Reuters Report.

 

Bihar and West Bengal are major particulate matter pollution hotspots in India, due to biomass burning. Particulate Matter pollution has risen by more than 20% in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and North East India from 2000-2024: Study.

 

Climate change has reduced viable seed production in 5 major European tree species, by more than 30%, from 1988-2021. Oak viable seed production has fallen by 65%, scot pines by 64%, silver fur by 44% and European beech by 32%: Study.

 

The pollution crisis in Kerala’s Lake Vembanad, is driven not just by ecological failures, agricultural runoff and lack of coordinated watershed governance. The houseboats on the lake only add to the crisis: Study.

 

India’s vegetable oil imports have doubled in the past 11 years, from 7.9 Million Tonnes in 2013-14 to 16.4 Million Tonnes in 2024-25. To fix this, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research needs major reforms, and focus: Study.

 

 

#65% of Indians living in urban areas are healthy on the outside and tired on the inside, and 82% of urban Indians experience stress. 20% of urban Indians are facing unmanageable stress: India Health Quotient 2026.

 

Extreme Weather and El Nino have severely affected the Alphonso mango crop in India. 85-90% of the crop in Devgad, Maharashtra. India’s mango sector produced 2.3 billion$ worth of mangoes last year: Reuters Report.

 

Bihar and West Bengal are major particulate matter pollution hotspots in India, due to biomass burning. Particulate Matter pollution has risen by more than 20% in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and North East India from 2000-2024: Study.

 

Climate change has reduced viable seed production in 5 major European tree species, by more than 30%, from 1988-2021. Oak viable seed production has fallen by 65%, scot pines by 64%, silver fur by 44% and European beech by 32%: Study.

 

The pollution crisis in Kerala’s Lake Vembanad, is driven not just by ecological failures, agricultural runoff and lack of coordinated watershed governance. The houseboats on the lake only add to the crisis: Study.

 

India’s vegetable oil imports have doubled in the past 11 years, from 7.9 Million Tonnes in 2013-14 to 16.4 Million Tonnes in 2024-25. To fix this, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research needs major reforms, and focus: Study.

 

 

Livelihoods Update 26th May 2026

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