Sub-zero temperatures and heavy precipitation have been detrimental to crops, with potatoes left unharvested in January considered lost. Wijnand Sukkel of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) notes that farmers face increasingly extreme weather, and WUR is exploring solutions like lighter farming machinery and breeding weather-resilient crop varieties.
Somalia continues to face a multi-dimensional crisis shaped by conflict, drought, and climate shocks. This year, the effects of El Niño have impacted over 2.5 million people in the country, resulting in the displacement of 1.2 million people, the loss of 118 lives, damage of livelihoods, and a decrease in overall farms productivity.
New EDF, Cornell University and Kansas State University research demonstrates the financial risks of extreme heat and the urgent need to help farmers build resilience to the increasing threat of climate change.
A cold start to the year may have damaged some grain fields in northern Europe while dryness is straining some crops in the south, adding to harvest risks after heavy rain in the northwest of the region, the European Union's crop monitoring service said.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10% of the global population suffers from food poisoning each year. Aflatoxins, the main contributor to food poisoning around the world, contaminate cereals and nuts and humans, especially vulnerable groups like the young, elderly, or immune-compromised, and animals are susceptible to their toxic and potentially carcinogenic effects.
A new chemistry to control fungal diseases in crops has just been announced. The joint breakthrough, by Syngenta Crop Protection and crop health company, Enko, has been achieved using a platform that reduces the time required for research and development (R&D)-related discovery.
Researchers have discovered new pathogens in Pennsylvania’s potato crops that if left unchecked, could jeopardize the supply used by the many chip manufacturers in the state.The “Potato Chip Capital of the World” could be facing a potato problem.
Large parts of northern Europe experienced a distinct cold spell at the beginning of the New Year. Distinctly warmer than usual conditions prevailed in south-eastern Europe. A pronounced precipitation surplus continued to affect many parts of north-western, central, and eastern Europe.
Portugal's environmental minister has officially declared a 25% water reduction for agriculture and a 15% reduction for urban usage in the Algarve region due to severe drought conditions.
In the thriving landscape of Serbian agriculture, recognition for top farmers reached new heights last year through the ‘Blic Top Farmer’ project, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
It’s invisible, and you can’t see it until it’s too late; internal fruit rot is a significant problem for field-grown capsicum growers, as it remains unseen until the consumer cuts into the vegetable, leading to rejections by retailers and a loss of consumer confidence.
In the rapidly warming Arctic, Inuit homes arefalling into the oceanas coastlines quickly deteriorate. Sea ice melting is giving way to newpowerful cyclones. And as the permafrost thaws, astaggering amount of methaneis released, pushing the planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere to even more dangerous levels.
Nearly a century after the mass agricultural disaster known as the Dirty ’30s, drought conditions on the Prairies are once again raising the risk that farmers’ valuable topsoil will go blowing in the wind.
Arecent report finds the federal government is spending billions on crop failures caused by extreme weather -- and it’s only growing more expensive.Crop insurance payouts surpassed $118 billion between 2001 and 2022 nationally for damage caused by extreme weather such as drought, heat and floods.
The State government will release the first instalment of compensation money to 30 lakh farmers in the next one week, Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda said here on Friday.
As demand for sustainably grown produce increases, growers often face a dilemma. They may want to grow crops for this market but find that premiums for sustainably produced items may not be enough to match the added costs.