{"id":939901,"date":"2026-07-08T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=520267"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:20:00","slug":"manipur-drought-conflict-deepen-agricultural-crisis-as-farmers-seek-urgent-government-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/07\/08\/manipur-drought-conflict-deepen-agricultural-crisis-as-farmers-seek-urgent-government-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: Drought, conflict deepen agricultural crisis as farmers seek urgent government intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI)\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI)\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-08T123946.887.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imphal: Manipur&#8217;s agriculture sector is under mounting pressure as prolonged dry conditions in Imphal East and unresolved compensation claims in Bishnupur have left farmers struggling ahead of the crucial paddy cultivation season. In Imphal East, inadequate rainfall has delayed paddy transplantation across several villages under the Kshetrigao Assembly Constituency, raising fears of reduced agricultural output [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-drought-conflict-deepen-agricultural-crisis-as-farmers-seek-urgent-government-intervention.html\">Manipur: Drought, conflict deepen agricultural crisis as farmers seek urgent government intervention<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-drought-conflict-deepen-agricultural-crisis-as-farmers-seek-urgent-government-intervention.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-drought-conflict-deepen-agricultural-crisis-as-farmers-seek-urgent-government-intervention.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Manipur&#8217;s agriculture sector is under mounting pressure as prolonged dry conditions in Imphal East and unresolved compensation claims in Bishnupur have left farmers struggling ahead of the crucial paddy cultivation season. In Imphal Eas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-939901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939905,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939901\/revisions\/939905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}