From Hurricanes Fiona and Ian to flooding in eastern Kentucky and a record dry summer as the western United States entered its 22nd year of a once-in-a-millennium megadrought, the United States has already experienced over a dozen major weather catastrophes, with setbacks surpassing $1 billion.
A severe frost back on October has seriously jeopardised the amount of fruit that will be available this season.On the night of Thursday, October 7, 2022, Waikato orchards were subjected to a severe frost which caused extensive damage to orchard crops such as blueberries.
Agricultural insurance companies are yet to settle claims for both mid-seasonal and post-harvest crop loss claims registered by farmers in Maharashtra. The claims have not been settled despite the surveys being completed on time and farmers intimating their losses.
Near Kunri, a southern Pakistani town known as Asia's chilli capital, 40-year old farmer Leman Raj rustles through dried plants looking for any of the bright red chillis in his largely destroyed crop which may have survived.
Poland loses as many as PLN 6.5 bn-worth (EUR 1.38 bn) crops a year due to drought with the largest losses reported in the Wielkopolskie province, a report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) has shown.
Climate change has never been fair. While the battle remains a global effort, the disproportional manner in which climate disaster tramples on the weakest makes it an achingly cruel opponent.
Flooding and excessive rains across key parts of Australia's wheat growing areas have resulted in extensive damage to what was expected to be a record bin-busting high quality crop just a few weeks ago, exacerbating concerns over world food supplies.
rom Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, to flooding in eastern Kentucky and a record dry summer as the western US entered its 22nd year of a once-in-a-millennium megadrought, the US has already seenmore than two dozenmajor climate disasters with losses exceeding $1bn (£864m).
Damage and losses due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) have climbed to over P2 billion as of Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported.
A research team from UC Merced studying the California drought found conditions between 2020-2022 to be warmer than previous dry periods.They told the CDFA board meeting in Sacramento that heat waves and stress led to large crop losses.
India recorded an extreme weather event on almost 90 per cent of the days in the first nine months of this year, with Himachal Pradesh logging the highest number of human deaths, according to a new report.
Across Queensland, farmers are battling unseasonable weather. The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of possible crop losses and more extreme weather. A heatwave is bringing the strawberry season in the Far North to an end.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) received $2.3 million in funds from the Swedish government on Tuesday to support the post-harvest losses project implemented by the United Nations in Sudan.
Rising global temperatures have affected Zimbabwe heavily, with extreme events like veld fires, cyclone-induced heavy rainfall and droughts. This has led to farmers in the southern African country facing crop losses.
The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided to pay compensation up to three hectares to farmers who lost their crops due to retreating rains last month. This decision was taken in the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Just over a week ago, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food published an analysis of the 2021/22 nut campaign and the first forecasts for the 2022/23 campaign that is now starting.