India - Untimely rains cause crop losses in Telangana
Untimely rains have caused extensive crop damage in Telangana, with harvests gathered in the fields and yields brought to market yards also inundated at several places in the state.
03.05.2023
03.05.2023
Italy - Sicilian new potatoes - production deficit due to climate change
The Sicilian new potato season started a few weeks ago. Davide Prietto Batturi's company from Syracuse is among the businesses that specialize in this product. The area is known as "Terre Rosse" (i.e. Red Land), named after the red color of its soil, which is very fertile and well-known all over Europe.
03.05.2023
India - Andhra CM directs officials to help farmers who suffered crop loss due to unseasonal rains
Andra Pradesh ChiefMinister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to take all possible steps to help the farmers who have suffered crop loss due to recent unseasonal rains in the state.
03.05.2023
Spain - Murcia's water availability will determine the stone fruit season's course
In the Netherlands, 4Fruit Company received the first Spanish Galia melons on Friday. There are plenty of watermelons available, but the yellow and Piel de Sapo melon supply is still limited.
03.05.2023
India - 3-day 'Orange Alert' for rains, crop damage feared
With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) having issued a three-day orange alert for rainfall for almost the whole of north India on May 1, and heavy rains predicted in several parts of the country, there are chances of crop damage in several states which may add to the woes of the farmers.
03.05.2023
Hungary and Austria are experiencing frost damage to apricots and plums
Like pretty much the entire fruit and vegetable sector, the Balkan countries were also affected by the negative impact of the war, Anneliese Vollweiler, Managing Director of Anevo Trading GmbH, tells us.
03.05.2023
Canada - Nova Scotia grape growers facing catastrophic loss after volatile winter weather
Nova Scotia grape growers are facing a potentially catastrophic loss of crops after an unseasonably warm winter followed by a sudden cold snap didn’t give plants a chance to acclimatize to wild temperature swings.
02.05.2023
India - Recouping farmers loss
Indian farmers are greatly dependent on the vagaries of nature. Any calamity adversely affects their finances. With over 58% of the population engaged in agriculture, securing farmers’ income and insuring them against seasonal crop losses is a key priority as well as a social need.
02.05.2023
Address the growing urgency of fungal disease in crops
In October 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first list of fungal pathogens that infect humans, and warned that certain increasingly abundant disease-causing fungal strains have acquired resistance to known antifungals.
02.05.2023
India - Crops worth over Rs 29 cr damaged as untimely rain batters Himachal's Hamirpur
Unfavourable weather conditions and unseasonal rains have led to a crop damage of more than Rs 29 crore in this Himachal Pradesh district, officials here said on Monday.
02.05.2023
UK - Weather delays potato planting
Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern Scotland, are anticipating a 5-10% yield penalty as the optimum planting window closes.
02.05.2023
More produce shortages ahead as weather in UK and Spain hits crops
Consumers might face more fruit and vegetable shortages, as temperatures in southern Spain soar to unprecedented levels, while the UK growing season gets off to a late start because of cold, overcast weather.
02.05.2023
Canada - New B.C. program aims to help farmers adapt to climate change
With challenges such as atmospheric river events, heat domes and cold snaps, B.C., farms have been hard hit by extreme weather events in recent years.On Sunday, the provincial government announced a new program to help farmers adapt to the changing conditions.
02.05.2023
New Zealand - Hawke's Bay faces $3.5bn losses
Preliminary findings of a new report showfollowing Cyclone Gabrielle, Hawke's Bay will have ongoing economic losses that could total $3.5 billion over the next 10 years if no government support arrives immediately.
02.05.2023
India - Hailstorm damages apple crop in Kulgam villages
Over half a dozen villages including Mandobal, Manzgam, Korel, Rewatan, Wattoo and Tangamarg witnessed a strong hailstorm on Monday causing extensive damage to apple crop.
01.05.2023
Uganda - Strategies rural communities use to deter wildlife from crops
Deep in theheartsof Kibale and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where the lush rainforests are dense, damp, and teeming with life, a delicate balance exists between humans and wildlife.