Farmers are grappling with the most damaging incursion of fall armyworm (FAW) on record, and have likened the destruction to that caused by a bushfire."Our area was hit pretty heavily with bushfires this season and a lot of the farmers are describing this [as] identical to a bushfire," Queensland grower Cameron Rackemann said.
A mobile phone message alert system developed by the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International development charity (CABI) in 2017 is helping stallholder farmers from Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia cut crop loss and boost incomes thanks to early SMS warnings on pest risks.
A new report says B.C.’s wine industry will have a catastrophic drop in production this year, with orchards possibly experiencing up to 99 per cent crop loss.The report says wine grape production this year is estimated at one to three per cent of typical yields, with most of that coming from the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.
EastFruit experts draw attention to the forecast of weather for Central Asian countries, which are presently the largest onion exporters in the region: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
On February 8, the BC Cherry Association (BCCA) convened its membership for a meeting to discuss the impact of an unprecedented ‘polar vortex’ that hit all cherry-growing regions of British Columbia early in January.
Presence of cereal volunteers in oilseed rape fields and direct drilling could lead to a marked reduction in damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB), a new study says.
Catastrophic might not even begin to describe the situation when it comes to Okanagan wineries and vineyards this year.In fact, there is a good chance there will be no grapes grown in the valley this year at all.
Grape growers in the province will recover, eventually, but are still hurting from the polar vortex a year ago, says the president of the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia.
Erosion by the Teesta River is continuing to show fury in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district during the current dry season.During a recent visit, this correspondent found a vast tract of cropland has been devoured by the river at Shankardaho village in Lakkhitari union of Gangachara upazila during the last couple of weeks.
A new study has warned of links between warming climate and the devastating fungal plant disease wheat blast.The diseasecurrently poses a threat to 6.4 million hectares and by 2050, climate change is likely make the situation worse and threaten 13.5 million hectares of cropland.
As Morocco faces its sixth consecutive year of drought, water-intensive agricultural projects are under scrutiny. Climate change poses a major threat to the country, impacting the vast agricultural sector which employs 39% of the workforce.
Business owners of ferneries in Volusia County are facing challenges after they were impacted by a severe hailstorm in early February.They say it is affecting them at a critical time with holidays like Valentine's Day and Mother's Day just around the corner, which are among the most significant sources of revenues for the ferneries.
South Okanagan West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings stood in the House of Commons last week asking the federal government to step in and help B.C. grape and fruit growers devastated by January’s freezing damage. But the local MP didn’t find any help forthcoming.
The consensus is this winter’s cold snap will likely be the worst of a string of bad climate-related hits for B.C. cherry growers.“It’s not looking good,” saysBC Cherry Associationpresident Sukhpaul Bal.
Jabalpur and Umaria witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday, with Sihora village in Bargi tehsil experiencing a two-minute downpour of hailstones. Sivni and Mandla districts also encountered four minutes of rainfall, causing considerable damage to crops in the region.
Gusty winds and hailstorm hit parts of Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha and Chandrapur districts on late Saturday night followed by mild rain towards Sunday evening. Standing crops were damaged while trees were uprooted at some places. No human casualty has been reported so far.