The project has a total budget of more than 15.2 million USD and will be implemented over five years, aiming to raise tilapia output to 1.21 million tonnes, with total sales value estimated at around 1.25 billion USD.
Agronomist Irving Rodríguez Torres, the newly appointed secretary of the Department of Agriculture, has unveiled an ambitious administrative agenda aimed at modernizing Puerto Rico’s agricultural sector.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has backed a €192.9mn loan to finance the first phase of a key agricultural project in Uganda set to boost the country’s economy.
Providing financial relief to farmers, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday released a crop compensation of ₹116.15 crore to 53,821 farmers for losses suffered due to heavy rains in August-September.
Italian authorities, acting at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), have frozen assets belonging to four livestock farmers suspected of fraudulently claiming EU agricultural subsidies for grazing activities.
Rabi crops have suffered estimated losses of 15–25 per cent, officials say, as an unusually dry winter raises concerns over glaciers and water security.
A two-member Central team on Tuesday visited flood-affected villages in Kamalapur taluk of Kalaburagi district to assess crop and infrastructure damage caused by heavy rain in August and September last year and heard grievances of farmers.
After a year of declines in Brazil’s rural insurance market and coverage—triggered by a nearly 50% cut in federal subsidies—insurers are lobbying Congress to overturn President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s veto of a provision in the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO) that would have protected funding for the policy in 2026.
Farmers in this coastal province are picking up the pieces after devastating wildfires swept through vast stretches of land, leaving behind scorched earth and heavy losses that could take years to recover from.
An announcement at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show on Tuesday morning brought an announcement by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan about a $9.7 million investment in crop research for the province.
Farmer involvement in livestock welfare issues will be boosted in New South Wales with the Minns Labor Government’s investment of $900,000 in a NSW Farmers project.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says the agricultural sector is showing signs of a swift recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, with several short-term crops already returning to the market.
Operating through a network of more than 500 smallholder farmers, Afri Foods is a young Rwandan agrifood exporter positioned at the intersection of gender inclusion and technology-enabled scaling. The company was founded in 2019 by Sakina Usengimana and currently focuses on avocados and chilies.
KwaZulu-Natal farmers and agricultural organisations are escalating pressure on the state over the uncontrolled spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), warning that vaccine shortages and bureaucratic delays have left the province on the brink.
Although the government has prioritised agricultural insurance, there is virtually no crop insurance in Ilam.
Mainly above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions augur well for the development of the next April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.