Sitting in a semi-circle in the yard outside of a village school in Nepal, a group of farmers share their concerns about the future. They discuss how the rain is unreliable – droughts and floods are both becoming more common. The heat is overwhelming before the rains come.
When the floods came this year, it was not just the rice in the paddy fields that were washed away, but also those stored at homesteads — leaving many in a state of food insecurity.
Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has advised the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) that samples taken from suspect plants have returned positive results from diagnostic testing known as PCR (polymerase chain reaction).
Summer 2022 is looking like it will be particularly hot, but the lack of water resources is even more worrying as, should this condition continue, it could seriously affect many crops, citrus fruits included.
After causing substantial damage to the cotton crop last year, pink bollworm infestation is beginning to spread its tentacles yet again. Last week, Gurpreet Singh of Ramdittewala village had shared a video on social media showing more than 50 per cent damage to his cotton crop.
Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that up to $3.25 million would go to help grain farmers in western Kentucky avoid crop and profit loss stemming from December’s tornado outbreak.
Chairman People's Democratic Front (PDF ) and former Minister Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen has expressed shock and grief over the loss of about 52 sheep , 8 horses and 5 cows due to cloud burst in upper reaches of khansahab in district Budgam.
The third week of June was advancing well for the grains as most contracts were posting small gains to modest losses approaching the end of the week. But a massive sell off on Friday, June 17, seemed to change the narrative.
From floods in Assam to heatwaves in Punjab, India has experienced extreme weather conditions in the last few months. Many places in Karnataka, including Bengaluru, suffered large-scale destruction caused by heavy pre-monsoon showers in May.
The monsoon has arrived, and for wheat farmers like Dennis Palmer, it’s a little too early. “It’s really screwed things up,” he said Wednesday. In November, Palmer sowed 700 acres of Desert Duram wheat, a little more than usual.
Very violent hail storms hit France in the night from Sunday to Monday. Nearly 21 departments had been placed under orange alert for thunderstorms by the French weather service, Météo France. Several producers have already reported damage to their productions.
In an attempt to save small farmers from unfavourable price fluctuations due to unpredictable market conditions, Syngenta India has entered into an agreement to with Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC) for chilli growers in Guntur.
A farmer from Manitoulin Island estimates he lost a quarter of his winter squash cropand some ground cherriesdue to a storm that produced strong winds last Friday. Wind gusts were up to 80 km/h from a storm that hit parts of northeastern Ontario, including Manitoulin Island.
Fifty-two-year-old Dhonjoy Mondol grows rice on his plot in the district of Sunamganj in northeastern Bangladesh. This year, he harvested 12 metric tons of rice from the 4-hectare (10-acre) plot; a few years previously, the same piece of land would have yielded double that amount.
The recent flooding along the Yellowstone River has left major questions for Montana’s largest industry. Lost equipment and livestock on top of rising diesel, fertilizer and seed prices have put Carbon County farmers and ranchers in tougher-than-usual circumstances while looking at the months ahead.
From loss of human life and livestock, to crop failure and food insecurity to infrastructure destruction, climate change is having far-reaching effects on communities. To reverse such a situation, environmentalists have called for greater adaptation efforts for resilience against climate shocks.