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27.03.2024

India - Telangana Minister assures financial support for rain-affected farmers

Telangana Excise and Prohibition Minister Jupally Krishna Rao has assured the farmers that the government is committed to providing financial help to the cultivators whose crops were damaged due to unseasonal rains.

27.03.2024

USA - Farmers say coverage has become unavailable or unaffordable as drought and floods increasingly threaten their crops

Farmers who grow fresh fruits and vegetables are often finding crop insurance prohibitively expensive — or even unavailable — as climate change escalates the likelihood of drought and floods capable of decimating harvests.

27.03.2024

Australia - Managing canola pests using beneficial insects, spiders and mites

Australian grain growers will benefit from improved pest management strategies with the commencement of two new research projects focusing on beneficial insects (beneficials) in canola.

27.03.2024

USA - Early blooms indicate strong fruit year if frost, freeze can be avoided

Warm temperatures in late February and early March have led fruit trees across Virginia to blossom early. Based on what growers are seeing, the number of blooms indicate at banner crop. However, there is a risk a portion of that crop could be wiped out by a freeze or frost.

26.03.2024

Honduras - Agroforestry project sows seeds of hope in drought-hit farmers

Ivis Rene Cabrera no longer gazes up at the sky in hopes of rain to irrigate his field. He’s come to expect the long dry spells as northwestern Honduras grapples with increasingly longer periods of drought during the dry season.

26.03.2024

USA - Local farmers struggle with crop loss

New Hampshire farmers have struggled with crop losses after flooding and late spring freezes last year. The state rolled out a relief program with $8 million dollars in aid to cover farm losses, but some farmers say they’re frustrated with it.

26.03.2024

Turkey - Global apricot capital suffers from bad weather

According to EastFruit analysts, unfavorable weather conditions currently observed in the Malatya region of Turkey could have a huge impact on the global dried fruit market and the regional fresh apricot market.

26.03.2024

Zimbabwe - Decline in crop production due to drought

This was ascribed to the persistent drought in that country, and the extreme drought conditions in February 2024 in particular.Zimbabwe’s tobacco production was expected to go down by at least 10% to 265 million kg in 2024 from a record crop of 296 million kg last year because of the drought.

26.03.2024

Winter crops in large parts of Europe in mediocre condition despite fair spring weather

Since autumn, large parts of western, northern and eastern Europe experienced excessively wet conditions, which negatively affected the sowing, emergence and development of winter crops.

26.03.2024

India - BRS demands ₹25,000 per acre relief to ryots who suffered crop loss this season

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded that the Congress government in Telangana announce a relief of ₹25,000 per acre to farmers whose crops have withered and were abandoned due to lack of water for irrigation despite efforts to protect crops by sinking new borewells as also those suffered crop loss due to untimely rain, hails and gales.

26.03.2024

Rising heat, drought and disease risk in Eastern and Southern Africa

As a prolonged heatwave and drought grip several countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the dire situation faced by vulnerable communities who are bearing the brunt of climate change.

26.03.2024

Zimbabwe - Cotton industry faces worst season in years

Zimbabwe's once-thriving cotton industry is facing its worst season in years, with production likely to plummet due to the devastating effect of the El Niño-induced drought.

25.03.2024

India - Rohtak farmers upload data on rabi crop loss on 53K acres

A total of 11,354 farmers from 143 villages in the district have registered the rabi crop losses in 53,436 acres of land owing to hailstorm coupled with rain and high velocity winds recently. They have registered the losses on the e-Kshatipurti portal to claim compensation for the same.

25.03.2024

EU Horticulture General Assembly reflects on challenges and prospects for agriculture across Europe

As part of its General Assembly meeting, AREFLH (the Assembly of Horticultural Regions) organized a public conference in Central Macedonia to discuss the changes underway in Europe regarding the CAP and the new strategic horizon for the agricultural sector.

25.03.2024

USA - How the climate crisis is putting your favorite summer fruits at risk

Peach trees are blooming at Jaemor Farms in Alto, Georgia, this week. It’s a stark contrast from last year, when an abnormally warm winter followed by freezing temperatures destroyed a significant amount of the state’s favorite fruit.

25.03.2024

UK - Damage caused to farmers' land by beavers is "significant"

A Perthshire MSP said last week that the Scottish Government has “a moral obligation” to compensate farmers for damage caused by beavers.Mid Scotland and Fife Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser pointed out that farmers by the rivers Tay, Ericht and Isla had suffered “significant loss” due to flooding and crop damage.

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