The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding American producers’ access to crop insurance, offering turfgrass producers in select states and counties a new risk management option through a pilot program, Turfgrass Value Select (TVS).
Human-elephant conflict continues to threaten farmers in Wokha district, with a herd of wild elephants raiding farmlands at Chanka village on two separate occasions within five days.
Insurance is helping farmers recover from droughts and floods before crises deepen – as climate shocks intensify and the shadow of El Niño threatens.
The World Bank is lending $70 million to the Philippines for a co-insurance pool that would protect small farmers and fisherfolk from the effects of climate change, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday.
Poland's apple juice concentrate (AJC) crop faces the prospect of a sharply reduced harvest in 2026 following severe frosts, while Turkey is set for a strong recovery season after near-total losses a year earlier, according to market sources cited by Mintec.
Excessive precipitation across northern Alberta over the past several weeks has significantly impacted seeding progress for many producers and is causing fields to flood in some areas.
With water storage in the Mettur dam forcing a sharp decline in short-term paddy cultivation this season, farmers in the Cauvery Delta have urged the Tamil Nadu government to announce a special relief package and provide scientific guidance on alternative crops to help offset mounting losses.
Tanzanian pastoralists are set to access a transformative digital insurance framework utilizing artificial intelligence to scan animal nose prints for rapid payouts.
The advance of wild boars across Brazilian territory worries the countryside due to economic loss, threat to biodiversity, and sanitary risk to livestock, especially in regions where crops and livestock are vulnerable to the species’ movement.
Revisions to the principal livestock risk management programs, as well as to crop insurance, take effect July 1.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering help to farmers and livestock producers impacted by the recent tornadoes.
Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh are facing fresh concerns after the emergence of Pokka Boing disease in standing crops, raising fears of lower yields and additional losses at a time when growers are already dealing with recurring disease pressure.
The severe floods that affected the southern Mozambican province of Gaza this year caused damage to the Lower Limpopo Irrigation Scheme estimated at 23 million meticais (about 360,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) has prepared 335,598 family food packs (FFPs) in anticipation of the possible effects of the low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored by the state weather bureau in the Southern Luzon-Visayas area.
Former minister and INLD leader Sampat Singh said there was a need to bring comprehensive reforms in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) as the scheme had been proving a boon for the insurance firms rather than providing protection to farmers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for 43 primary natural disaster area counties and an additional 61 contiguous counties in Virginia, according to Governor Abigail Spanberger.