DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, has reportedlyjoined forces with Singapore-based insurtech Peak3 to roll out comprehensive insurance coverage for agricultural drones in Thailand.
A long-term player in the Vietnamese insurance market, Swiss Re is committed to strengthening resilience across farming communities in the country.Together with the Vietnam National Reinsurer (VINARE), Swiss Re reinsures the scheme, which targets livestock, aquaculture and paddy rice farmers.
Crop insurance coverage has increased more than 40 percent to cover over 76,000 farmers in the country, as per data shared at an event titled, ‘Updates of Insurance Market in Cambodia’, held on Thursday in Phnom Penh.
The government has revived its plan to introduce the National Crop and Livestock Insurance Scheme in a bid to protect farmers from the dual threats of climate change and wildlife depredation. The insurance scheme, which will cost the government an estimated Nu 927.83 million over the next four years, will provide a safety net for farmers suffering from crop and livestock losses.
The Sabah Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry Ministry should explore compensation or subsidies for farmers whose crops sustained wildlife damage, says an assemblyman.
The eruption of Kanlaon Volcano has destroyed up to P194 million worth of agricultural produce in La Castellana, Negros Occidental alone, according to the municipal government.
A workshop focused on developing a biosecurity and bio-certification framework in Ghanas aquaculture, poultry and piggery sectors has taken place at Koforidua in the Eastern region.
NOAA Fisheries has proposed 14 locations along the southern coast of California and in the Gulf of Mexico to establish aquaculture opportunity areas (AOAs), which are locations that have been evaluated as suitable sites for future aquaculture development.
Costa Rica has taken a groundbreaking step in promoting sustainable agriculture and advancing the circular economy with the development of its first fertilizer derived from agricultural waste.
Experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are advising floriculture and specialty crop producers to prepare for freezing temperatures toward the end of the week.
Sources said, over one lakh hectares of paddy and thousands of hectares of chilly and cotton crops were being cultivated in the district for the season.
The Koppal taluk is home to numerous steel factories. The factory managements , who obtained government licenses with the promise of not releasing dust into the environment or ensuring its treatment, are now violating these commitments by releasing dust during nighttime operations.
Denmark has unveiled an ambitious plan to reshape its landscape, combining efforts to combat climate change and restore natural habitats.
A newly released study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals Wisconsins agricultural economic impact has grown to $116.3 billion.
Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.
Paraguayan soybean producers warned this weekend that the La Niña weather phenomenon may affect this years crop while the 2023/24 harvest is expected to reach a record in tons produced and exported, it was reported in Asunción.