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09.07.2026

Kenya - Community mobilisers for livestock project expected to benefit 375,000 pastoralists unveiled

Community mobilisers for the De-Risking Inclusion and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies (DRIVE) project, expected to benefit 375,000 pastoralists and their dependents in Kenya, were unveiled on Thursday in Wajir County.

09.07.2026

India - Rainfall Drops 30%: Dharwad Disaster Review Highlights Water, Crop Insurance, Health Risks

Officials and lawmakers gathered in Dharwad, Karnataka, on Saturday for a disaster management progress review meeting. The session at the Zilla Panchayat hall focused on monsoon shortages, drought fears, and farmer challenges across the district.

08.07.2026

EU’s livestock strategy aims to tackle animal welfare, finance, disease challenges

The European Commission has adopted its first EU Livestock Strategy alongside a Protein Action Plan, setting out measures it says will help the livestock sector deal with economic pressures, animal disease risks, environmental requirements and shifting markets.

08.07.2026

Sri Lanka - Rs. 12 billion in crop damage compensation paid to over 200,000 farmers

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has announced that crop damage compensation totaling Rs. 12,341.5 million has been paid to 202,025 farmers affected by last year’s Cyclone Ditwah.

08.07.2026

USA - USDA Introduces More Crop Insurance Options for Forage Producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding coverage options to add revenue protection for forage producers in 12 states, part of the Department’s efforts to put Farmers First through improved cropinsurance.

08.07.2026

Canada - Severe damage reported following weekend storm

A powerful storm that moved through southwest Saskatchewan Sunday night brought heavy rain, strong winds and hail, leaving a trail of crop and property damage in the Swift Current area.

08.07.2026

India - Rain deficit leaves TN’s Vadamalli farmers staring at heavy losses ahead of Onam

A prolonged dry spell and the failure of seasonal rains have left Vadamalli farmers in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district struggling to save their crop, with large stretches of flowering plants beginning to wither across Thondamuthur Block.

08.07.2026

Kenya - Fear of crop failure, auction discourages farmers from taking loans- survey

Increasing interest rates and the fears of crop failure and being auctioned are top factors that have reduced the number of farmers taking up loans for agricultural purposes.

07.07.2026

Australia - Bird flu compensation leaves business interruption insurance gap

The spread of H5 bird flu to a third Australian state has focused industry attention on a structural feature of the country’s animal-disease risk model that matters to underwriters and brokers: government compensation for avian influenza reimburses culled birds but excludes the business-interruption losses that often exceed them, leaving a coverage gap that the private market fills only partially and, brokers say, on tightening terms.

07.07.2026

Ukraine - Cold spring delayed soybean development and increased harvest loss risk

The cold spring and low temperatures at the beginning of sowing had a negative impact on the development of soybeans in Ukraine.

07.07.2026

Severe storms drench China, leading to deaths and crop damage

China’s central and southern regions have been lashed by heavy rain that’s led to deaths and crop damage, with more extreme weather expected later this week from a strong typhoon heading toward the country’s east.

07.07.2026

Spain - The Board will sign an agreement with Enesa to share data in the management and control of aid for agricultural insurance

The Governing Council of the Junta de Extremadura has given the green light to the subscription of an administrative cooperation agreement between the regional administration and the State Agricultural Insurance Entity (Enesa), with the aim of facilitating the exchange of information for the management and supervision of subsidies for agricultural insurance contracts.

07.07.2026

Severe storms flooded roads and battered vineyards in northeastern Italy

Large hail and strong winds hit towns in Veneto and Friuli, raising fears of crop damage in a key wine-growing region.

07.07.2026

Livestock insurance offers hope to drought-hit Somalia pastoralists

A record drought wiped out nearly half of Iido Abdikarin Abdille's herd in northern Somalia, but a livestock insurance programme is helping to ease the financial burden on pastoralists like her.

06.07.2026

Canada - Prairie Storms Expected to Generate Significant Crop Hail Claims

Golf-ball-sized hail reported in parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

06.07.2026

Natural disasters damage farmland across Türkiye in first half

Nearly 90,000 hectares of agricultural land across Türkiye were damaged by natural disasters in the first six months of 2026, according to Semsi Bayraktar, chairman of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB).

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