Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Turkey’s agriculture sector. Cash crops such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio are particularly vulnerable to these elements.
The across-the-globe rise in extreme weather conditions due to climate change impacts has led to a growing incidence of crop failures.The situation has become worse in ecologically fragile agricultural zones like India’s northeast region.
“Normally on these trees, you would see hundreds and hundreds of fruit,” Harold Stewart, said the owner of Stewart Avocado Farms in Fallbrook.His farm is home to about 2,000 avocado trees, each growing upwards of a million blooms. But this year, Stewart says the crop is virtually almost non-existent.
Global temperatures reached exc­e­ptionally high levels in 2023, as the unprecede­n­ted heat from June on­­wa­rds led 2023 to become the warmest year on record — overtaking the previous warmest year, 2016, by a large margin, according to the2023 Glo­bal Climate Highlightsrep­ort released on Tuesday.
The Government has announced financial assistance for areas in England that have been affected bysevere floodingafter Storm Henk. More than 1,800 properties have been flooded due to saturated ground, according to the Environment Agency (EA), which has urged the public to “remain vigilant”.
Harpenden-basedFA Bio, a British bio-tech company with a vision to protect natural ecosystems by identifying superior microbial bio-products that will improve soil health and boost crop production, has secured €6.1 million from three European venture capital investment funds as well as existing shareholders and new private investors.
The 2023 global mean temperature reached 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels, and this “strongly increased the intensity of heatwaves, droughts and extreme rainfall associated with storms likeOtisandDaniel,” according to astatementtoday by the XAIDA scientific partnership that includes the Climate Centre.
Punjab, renowned as a leading agricultural state in India, needs an essential transformation in the midst of agrarian and climatic crises. The recent floods and the resultant losses for the farmers, with their wheat and paddy crops, are compelling a revaluation of Punjab’s stance on crop insurance.
Hawaii’s avocado orchards are under threat as the avocado lace bug is wreaking havoc across the region. The pest, first identified in Oahu in December 2019, has since proliferated across Hawaii Island, turning the leaves of avocado trees a sickly brown before they fall off prematurely.
The Palmerston Highway connects the Atherton Tablelands to the south, but the road received significant damage due to flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Now, with this major road out of the area closed, some Far North Queensland farmers fear they will have to leave fruit on trees if they are unable to absorb increased freight costs.
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) is validating the claims of 1,752 farmers in Antique who filed their notices of loss due to the El Niño phenomenon.PCIC Antique head Clogene Galuego said in an interview Tuesday the claims filed in December last year covered 850 hectares of rice land in the province.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency is launching its Weaned Calf Risk Protection Insurance in four states in 2024: South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and Colorado.
Massachusetts lawmakers have advanced a bill that would create the structure for a disaster relief fund for farmers. It would distribute financial aid after major losses due to extreme weather.
Crops ready for harvest were damaged in Tamil Nadu, including the Cauvery delta and northern coastal regions, due to overnight rains in certain parts of the state. AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami demanded that the state government provide relief to farmers for the crop loss they suffered.
Severe flooding across Australia’s far northeast last month has washed away sugar crops and damaged key rail infrastructure, with the industry expected to see production losses when the harvest begins later this year.
Untimely rain has always been a cause of worry for tenant farmers in Bandur panchayat of Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district. Once every three years, or sometimes yearly, they lose their crops to rain — a major reason for their high indebtedness.