The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) Market Development Branch has awarded a total of more than $465,700 to seven projects under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program for fiscal year 2025.
Around 25 percent of fish farms in South Punjab were damaged during the recent floods, affecting hundreds of farms across Muzaffargarh, Khanewal, and Multan districts, according to Director Fisheries Dr Riazuddin.
As China-Africa agricultural cooperation continues to deepen, the partnership arising is sowing the seeds of shared growth and modernization.
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has announced the first allocation from its new private sector financing window to the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), providing $14 million in de-risking capital that aims to unlock $200 million from the private sector to enhance food security in low-income countries.
Unseasonal and relentless rainfall has thrown paddy farmers in Udupi district into distress, halting harvesting operations and sparking fears of massive crop losses across several parts of the region.
Earlier, the Singapore Red Cross provided a relief package worth 50,000 SGD (around 38,500 USD) to the Vietnam Red Cross Society to support emergency assistance in the provinces of Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, and Nghe An.
Researchers from University of Gloucestershire will play a key role in the new £12.3 million project to discover how regenerative and conservation agriculture (closely aligned systems which boost agricultural productivity and resilience by prioritising soil health) could help reverse the alarming degradation of soils.
Technology becomes a key ally for sustainability, and a deforestation-free agriculture.
$15 million statewide collaboration unites state, university and industry leaders to fast-track agricultural innovation, workforce development and regional economic growth.
Morocco has launched a major livestock support program worth 12.8 billion dirhams, aimed at providing direct financial aid to farmers, funding the purchase of fodder, and preserving breeding females across the country, during today’s session of the Government Council.
More than £7 million has been added to the Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) budget following exceptionally high demand, Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has confirmed.
Only half of Filipino farmers are covered as the subsidy remains unchanged since 2022.
A Kentucky tobacco farmer pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge of crop insurance fraud after stealing more than $500,000 through false checks.
The State government in March 2025 approved ₹667.73 crore of insurance claims to farmers who suffered crop loss in Kalaburagi. Of this amount, only ₹340.99 crore insurance claims were released and disbursed to farmers accounts.
The Indonesian government is expanding a micro insurance scheme for fish farmers, in order to minimise the risks facing small-scale aquaculture producers.
NABARD is exploring an insurance product which will link milk production with a temperature humidity index. The product will compensate for income losses due to reduction in milk yield owed to heat and humidity variations