Italian authorities, acting at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), have frozen assets belonging to four livestock farmers suspected of fraudulently claiming EU agricultural subsidies for grazing activities.
Rabi crops have suffered estimated losses of 15–25 per cent, officials say, as an unusually dry winter raises concerns over glaciers and water security.
A two-member Central team on Tuesday visited flood-affected villages in Kamalapur taluk of Kalaburagi district to assess crop and infrastructure damage caused by heavy rain in August and September last year and heard grievances of farmers.
After a year of declines in Brazil’s rural insurance market and coverage—triggered by a nearly 50% cut in federal subsidies—insurers are lobbying Congress to overturn President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s veto of a provision in the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO) that would have protected funding for the policy in 2026.
Farmers in this coastal province are picking up the pieces after devastating wildfires swept through vast stretches of land, leaving behind scorched earth and heavy losses that could take years to recover from.
An announcement at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show on Tuesday morning brought an announcement by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan about a $9.7 million investment in crop research for the province.
Farmer involvement in livestock welfare issues will be boosted in New South Wales with the Minns Labor Government’s investment of $900,000 in a NSW Farmers project.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the agricultural sector is showing signs of a swift recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, with several short-term crops already returning to the market.
Operating through a network of more than 500 smallholder farmers, Afri Foods is a young Rwandan agrifood exporter positioned at the intersection of gender inclusion and technology-enabled scaling. The company was founded in 2019 by Sakina Usengimana and currently focuses on avocados and chilies.
KwaZulu-Natal farmers and agricultural organisations are escalating pressure on the state over the uncontrolled spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), warning that vaccine shortages and bureaucratic delays have left the province on the brink.
Although the government has prioritised agricultural insurance, there is virtually no crop insurance in Ilam.
Mainly above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions augur well for the development of the next April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
Hundreds of farmers in the Quỳnh Thắng area of Nghệ An, Vietnam, have lost numerous pineapple crops due to prolonged rain and humidity.
For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains. But a new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing—a process the authors call destocking.
Researchers released a new spring wheat germplasm line with resistance to Fusarium head blight.
The Government of Kenya has mobilised food and non-food essentials for urgent delivery to areas affected by food and nutrition shortages caused by adverse weather and low rainfall during the recently ended short rains.