India - Nilgiris faces threat of forest fires and crop losses due to severe cold and frost
Night temperature fell to 2°C in the last week of December. On January 4, it was 2.6°C and has not increased since then.
09.01.2025
09.01.2025
FoodTechBangladesh makes major investments in aquaculture sector with the help of Dutch government
FoodTechBangladesh, a Bangladeshi-Dutch aquaculture partnership, has achieved two major milestones with the help of the Dutch government.
08.01.2025
Pakistan - Islamic Insurance Helps Cover Muslim Farmers Battling Climate Change
The 2022 floods helped bring renewed attention to takaful insurance as a possible solution in Pakistan, which aims to shift a third of the country's financial industryfrom conventional to Islamic banking by next year.
08.01.2025
Pakistan needs to shield farmers from climate-related financial impacts
Climate change is much more than about floods and storms. Everyone remembers the ‘biblical floods’ of 2022 that devastated Pakistan’s agriculture.Pakistani farmers have long been sensing the impact of the more common perils on their crops.
08.01.2025
Turkey - Agricultural insurance pool provides massive support to farmers
The Agricultural Insurance Pool (TARSIM)issued 3.2 million policies and distributed 22.5 billion liras in state premium support and damage compensation to farmers in 2024.Hail damage led to the highest payouts at 3.7 billion liras, followed by animal deaths at 1.8 billion liras and frost damage at 1.7 billion liras. Drought, storms and flooding also resulted in significant compensation payments.
08.01.2025
China Boosts Farmer Protection With Nationwide Insurance for Major Grains
China Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced the nationwide implementation of full-cost insurance and planting income insurance policies for rice, wheat and corn, as part of a food security drive to encourage planting of staple grains. The policy is aimed at improving the level of agricultural insurance protection, stabilizing farmers’ income, supporting the revitalization of rural areas and safeguarding food security, according to a notice released with the Agriculture Ministry and the State Administration of Financial Supervision.
08.01.2025
India revamps its crop insurance scheme
The Indian union cabinet has cleared the revamped versions of its two-flagship crop-insurance schemes to mitigate growing climate risks for the Indian farmers. The government has also extended the duration of these two crop insurance schemes - Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) - for one more year till 2025-26. A total budget of INR695158m has been allocated for these two schemes.
08.01.2025
USA - Geospatial Awareness Lets USDA Comprehensively Evaluate Claims
When there’s too much rain, or not enough, or another calamity strikes, US farmers and ranchers rely on insurance from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to provide a safety net. In 2023, crop insurance covered more than $207billion in liability.Althoughmost farmers file claims for justified losses, occasionally fraudulent claims are filed.
07.01.2025
USA - $2.5M grant will support nature-based study of pathogen resistance in perennial crop systems
Plant pathogens - microorganisms and other disease-causing agents - can wreak havoc on agricultural and forest crop plantings, as well as rangeland.
07.01.2025
India - Sahyadri Farms secures $47.8M for expanding climate-resilient crops and processing capabilities
Sahyadri Farms Post Harvest Care Limited recognized as Indias largest fully integrated and tech-enabled horticulture platform, has successfully secured funding of approximately $47.8 million (Rs 390 Crore) from Europe-based PE fund responsibility, and US-based PE fund GEF Capital Partners.
07.01.2025
USA - Virginia Tech’s Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture enrolls 1,300-plus farms in first year of landmark pilot program
The $80 million USDA-funded project - the largest grant in Virginia Techs history - provides financial support for farmers in selected counties in four states to implement agricultural practices that protect water, soil, and air.
07.01.2025
Mexican government seized more than 1,500 tons of illegal fishery products in 2024
The Mexican government claims it seized more than 1,500 tons of fishery products in its efforts to combat illegal fishing over the course of 2024.
07.01.2025
Grenada invests EC$4M in livestock sector with US pure-bred animals
Grenadas government has launched a major initiative to boost its livestock sector with the importation of 466 pure-bred animals from the United States, representing an investment of over EC$4 million aimed at enhancing the nations food security.
07.01.2025
Global Salmon Initiative wins grant to guide implementation of new African aquaculture sustainability network
The African aquaculture sector has formally committed to the establishment of the African Aquaculture Business Leaders Network (AABLN), which will aim toadvance industry sustainability through pre-competitive collaboration following the model of the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI).
06.01.2025
Philippines - Pangasinan farmers struggle as rain damages watermelon crops
Heavy rains have devastated watermelon crops in Mangaldan, leaving farmers facing significant losses during what should have been their harvest season.
06.01.2025
Euro Parliament sets up Sustainable Livestock Farming group
The European Parliament has officially established the Intergroup on Sustainable Livestock Farming.