USA - Hawaiian coffee battling inflation and plant disease
Some of the troubles Waialua Coffee has seen, according to Yamaguchi, are from a pest called the coffee berry borer that makes its way into the coffee beans and hallows out the beans.
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09.11.2022
USA - Hurricane Ian’s impact on the citrus industry
The estimate for losses in citrus, fruits and vegetables to Florida’s agriculture industry from Hurricane Ian is $900 million.From a distance, it can be hard to see the damage done to the orange groves, but up close, you can see trees tipped on their side, fruit scattered on the ground, and a new barn that was left in shambles.
09.11.2022
India - Early table grapes harvest delayed after severe monsoon rain damage
The early table grape harvest that usually arrives in the Mumbai market was delayed due to incessant monsoon rains.Very low volumes of grapes are available with the early Indian harvest affected and between 30-40% of crops damaged after the heavy rains.
09.11.2022
Philippines - Paeng affects over 89K farmers, fishers
Severe Tropical Storm Paeng has affected 89,142 farmers and fishers in 12 regions in the country, according to the Department of Agriculture-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM).
09.11.2022
Pakistan - Life after flood devastation
Almost one-fifth of Pakistan’s area suffers due to floods. As already seen, floods massively damaged all provinces, but major damage has occurred in Sindh. Both Baluchistan and KPK face huge infrastructural damage.
09.11.2022
India - Concerns rise as brown planthoppers eat into paddy fields
Farmersof Mahakalapada, Rajnagar, Rajkanika, Pattamundai and Garadapur blocks of the district are in a tight spot after large tracts of their paddy crops in flowering stage stand damaged due to pest attack by brown planthoppers (BPH) in the areas.
09.11.2022
Argentina - Winemakers face a challenging 2023 vintage after severe frost
Winemakers in Mendoza and other wine-producing areas of Argentina are assessing damage following two consecutive nights of freezing temperatures last week. Mendoza’s government declared an agricultural state of emergency after more than 10,000 hectares of vineyards saw temperatures down as low as -4.5 C.
09.11.2022
USA - Crop damaging pests, disease and weed found in northeast North Dakota in 2022
Diseases, an insect and a weed, all which have the potential to cause severe crop losses showed up — some for the first time — in northeast North Dakota fields during the 2022 growing season.
09.11.2022
India - Farmers cite lack of options as stubble burning turns air toxic in the north
The national capital Delhi and surrounding areas are enveloped in a layer of smog each winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from the crop stubble burning in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
08.11.2022
India - Crop insurance set to turn into a chimera for delta farmers
With just a week left for insuring the ‘samba’ paddy, a majority of Delta farmers feel that the crop insurance is all set to turn into a chimera for them.
08.11.2022
Argentina - Agricultural emergency decreed due to damage caused by late frosts to vineyards and fruit trees
The Ministry of Economy and Energy of Mendoza, through the Undersecretary of Agriculture and Livestock, continues to assess the damage caused by the late frosts recorded in recent days in productive areas, after decreeing the state of emergency or agricultural disaster.
08.11.2022
UN: Last 8 years the hottest ever
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, with an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to blame.That’s according to the latest climate report by the UN’sWorld Meteorological Organization(WMO), which has published some of its findings just as world leaders meet to discuss climate action at COP27.
08.11.2022
India - Kashmir's farmers suffer floods and drought as glaciers melt
When spring flooding in Kashmir's Himalayan mountains drowned the mustard crops on Ghulam Hassan's farm, he knew at least he would have his summer rice harvest to provide food for his family and fodder for his cattle.
08.11.2022
Invasive fruit fly may pose threat to forest ecosystems
The invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD), introduced from South-East Asia, is a well-known fruit crop pest. It lays its eggs by destroying the mechanical protection of the fruit's skin, providing an entry point for further infestation.
08.11.2022
USA - Crop insurance companies dealing with heavy number of crop loss claims
With a second year of drought that has hit many regions of the upper Midwest, crop insurance companies have been busy filing claims from farmers that suffered crop losses. Ellie Daisy is the Insurance Services Officer with Farm Credit Services of America at Yankton, South Dakota.
08.11.2022
Climate change means farmers in West Africa need more ways to combat pests
The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established byresearchand evidence.Farmersare noticing the link themselves, alongside higher temperatures and greater variability in rainfall. All these changes are having an impact on harvests across Africa.