Agriculture minister Kirori Lal Meena said Monday Rajasthan govt will order a Special Operations Group (SOG) probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the state.
Experts blame climate impacts and silting for reducing river capacity. The situation threatens a severe irrigation crisis, with knock-on effects for agriculture and local biodiversity.
After five years of coordinated work, the agricultural sector in Serbia is better prepared to face future climate risks.
The Government of India has paid ₹701.54 crore in insurance claims to onion-growing farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during the three-year period from 2022-23 to 2024-25, according to information shared by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in the Rajya Sabha.
The Australasian Space Innovation Institute (ASII)has launched a $15 million National Digital Twin for Australian Agriculture to establish a capability for coordinated decision-making and innovation across the agriculture, forestry and fisheries system at a national scale.
TARSİM has provided extensive financial support to Antalya’s flood-affected farmers, paying out 257 million lira to those whose claim processes have been completed and preparing an additional 329 million lira in compensation for pending cases.
A proposed measure filed in the House of Representatives is seeking to grant qualified farmers a monthly pension of P3,000, along with life, accident, and disability insurance coverage, as part of a broader social protection program.
Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry has drafted a proposal for a new rural insurance model that would require farmers to purchase parametric insurance in order to access subsidized working capital and investment loans under the government’s Plano Safra (Crop Plan) credit program.
Kshema General Insurance Ltd has received approval for USD 20 million capital infusion from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world's largest climate investment vehicle created under the Paris Agreement.
Agricultural damage from Mayon Volcano's ongoing unrest has reached PHP14.4 million, affecting 314 farmers and fishers in Albay, the Department of Agriculture-Bicol Region (DA-5) said Friday.
Speaking at the ceremony on February 13, Cuban Deputy Minister of Agriculture Telce Abdel González affirmed that Cuba will create all favourable conditions for AgriVMA’s rice production project in Los Palacios district, Pinar del Río province, with a view to expanding the model to other localities across the country.
The Government of Armenia has confirmed that its agricultural insurance programme will be reinstated on 15 February 2026, offering a renewed risk‑management lifeline for farmers in the face of increasingly erratic weather patterns.
Famine looms large as at least 200,000 people face hunger in drought-ravaged Tana River County.
India has created a large-scale digital foundation for agriculture with over 7.63 crore farmer IDs and 23.5 crore crop plots surveyed under the Digital Agriculture Mission, an official statement said on Saturday.
Head of the Climate Change Information CenterDr. Mohamed Ali Fahim,has issued a warning over significant weather fluctuations expected to impact the country in the coming hours, coinciding with the month of Amshir, traditionally known for its strong winds.
The minister of agriculture, Florin Barbu, declared that he will soon promote in the government and Parliament a project regarding “the management of inflation through a mechanism for capping the commercial markup for agri-food products on Romanian territory,” a mechanism that would be automatically enforced when inflation exceeds 5%-6%, Economica.net reported.