The global demand for food is expected to increase in the coming decades, but global food production may not be able to keep pace with it.A study published inNaturejournal in October showed a prevalent decline in cropping frequency (CF), crop caloric yield and caloric production.
Losses to California’s ag industry have continued to mount as the state’s drought stretched into a third straight year, according to areportreleased Tuesday byresearchersfrom theSchool of Engineeringand the Public Policy Institute of California.
This year, Ukrainian farmers will harvest 732,000 tons of onions, which is 29% less than last year and is the lowest level of production since 2015. Experts say the area sown with onions in Ukraine has decreased by 15% to 46,000 ha due to the Russian invasion.
A large number of farmers flocked the e-seva kendras and Primary Agricultural Cooperative Banks, get their crops covered for insurance on Monday, the last day for registration.The farmers produced the documents such as ‘Adangal’, Aadhar number, Savings bank account to get their crops insured.
Heavy rain and flooding haveseen less than half the expected rice crop planted in some areas of the country, as the window to sow closes.In southern New South Wales, growers would typically be wrapping up sowing at this time of year.
A virus spread by insects is causing widespread damage to lettuce crops in California’s Salinas Valley.The impatiens necrotic spot virus, or INSV, is spread by thrips, tiny insects that reproduce rapidly and feast on vegetable crops.
Agriculture is a key contributor to sustaining life and providing development to our ecosystems.For this industry to continue providing adequate food sources, it needs to be protected from outside threats that could interfere with the efficiency and the quality of our food.
Florida citrus growers got off easy following Hurricane Nicole, which hit the Sunshine State on Nov. 10, compared to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian in late September.
Climate and weather variability pose increasing risks to farmers. As world leaders gather in Egypt at COP27 to address the climate crisis, the University of California Cooperative Extension and the USDA California Climate Hub are launching new web-based tools to provide farmers with locally relevant and crop-specific information to make production decisions that reduce risk.
In marketing year (MY) 2022/23, Post estimates that avocado production will decrease by 18.2 percent from MY 2021/22, totaling 180,000 metric tons (MT) due to frost. Chilean domestic avocado consumption will reach 105,000 MT in MY 2022/23, a five percent increase over MY 2021/22. In spite of a slightly tighter market, avocado prices remain relatively steady at around $4.00 per kilogram.
The persistent drought in Morocco has severely affected the production of Nadorcott, the Moroccan mandarin variety. Producers in the Houara region (near Agadir) have reported a big drop in volumes.
Apple producers in Okanaga, British Columbia, will receive $2.5 million in government support. The funds will be applied for crop health, fruit production, apple marketing and skills training.
The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop; since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional drought and heatwave events that will result on smaller fruit sizesand, therefore, lower volumes. In the months to come we will now at which level below 12 million tonnes the EU crop volume will be.
According to information provided by the Blueberry Committee of Chile-ASOEX, with the support of IQonsulting, producers in the Central and Central-South zone had impact from weather events in the first two weeks of November Frosts of varying intensity on November 01 from the Maule-Sur region to the Bío Bío region, and rains between Thursday, November 10 and Saturday, November 12, which affected from O'Higgins to the south, with some sectors where hail also fell.
Cherry producers in India's Shimla district, who produce 75% of Himachal Pradesh stone fruit crop, are being forced to cut down their trees due to leafhoppers that are spreading the rare Cherry X disease. It caused by the pathogenic phutoplasma spread by the leafhoppers.
Crops worth millions of dollars have been destroyed in the Victorian Mallee after hail storms smashed the region at the weekend.Some farmers have lost entire paddocks.While some were insured against hail, others were not.