Bharatiya Janata Party MPRajyavardhan Rathore on Wednesday urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to announce a relief package for the farmers as they have suffered huge losses.
Experts in Tanzania are working hard to stop a banana disease threatening one of the leading food staples in the country. Known as Fusarium wilt TR4 and first detected in 2013, the disease is feared to severely impact on banana production if left unchecked.
In the last ten years, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, members of the Southern Cone, recorded a 56% increase in agricultural production, compared to 29% of the global average.
The snowfall that recently hit the southern region of Azerbaijan caused serious damage to citrus orchards in Astara.Almost all citrus growers of the village faced the problem. Farm owners cannot make a profit this year and are in despair.
Manitoba's crop insurance coverage is expected to increase for the upcoming crop year, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced today.
The quality of Ukraine's corn crop has been hit by poor weather conditions according toAgriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi on Monday."It is much worse this year, because... we have entered into a lengthy, stretched winter harvest, which is rather difficult," Solskyi told a news conference.
Maize is affected by abiotic stresses, including extreme heat and drought, which is exacerbated by climate change.According to a paper in CABI Reviews,heat and drought pose a major threat to food securityand agricultural production and are exacerbated by ‘extreme and rapid’ climate change.
Weather conditions in Dewas have witnessed intensified cold conditions for three consecutive days from January 15-17, and this is expected to continue for a few more days as well.
Farmers in Sitapur, Balrampur, Mathura, Hathras Kannauj and a few parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh have claimed that around 25% of crops have been damaged due to the intense cold wave sweeping the state.
All serious agriculturists will agree with me that consistent rain is vital for healthy plants while drought can kill both crops and livestock and at the same time increase the soil's susceptibility to erosion.
It has become abnormally cold in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan since January 10, 2023. As of January 13, 2023, the air temperature in the capital of Uzbekistan was -13-15° C during the daytime, and up to -20° C at night.
Sugar cane farmers in the North Queensland town of Ingham have a rat race on their hands as native rodent populations explodeand decimatevaluable crops.Some farmers are calling the damage throughout the Herbert regionthe worst they have ever seen.
Consumers in New South Wales can expect to see a rise in the cost of stone fruits following a poor harvest brought on by record rainfall in late 2022. The flood-affected Central West and Riverina are two of the largest regions in the state for growing summer fruits such as peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots.
California has been pummeled by several atmospheric river events over the past two to three weeks. Atmospheric rivers are concentrated streams of water vapor originating over the Hawaiian tropics, ranging about 100 to 250 miles in width and follow a tight path toward Western North America.
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A drive by the Kenyan government to kill up to 6 million red-billed quelea birds that have invaded farms will have unintended consequences for raptors and other wild species, experts have warned.
Following the recent rains that have fallen across California, supplies have become tighter and storage levels are dropping. “However, including what is out on the trees, supply is good,” says John Carterof Limoneira.