The residents of several villages across north Kashmir are facing mental trauma following the wild boar attacks on their fields. The frustrated residents said that they have suffered huge losses as wild boars destroy crops in no time.
British Columbia (B.C.) cherry growers as well as many Northern Washington growers were impacted by a January 2024 freeze event. "We were experiencing a very mild winter until mid-January, and the fruit buds had started to wake up as a result," says Julie McLachlan with Jealous Fruits.
After Wednesday’s storms wreaked havoc on Jonesboro, the costly damage didn’t stop.The storms started plowing through the more rural parts of Region 8, hitting farmlands hard.
Rice farmers inKisumucounty are grappling with losses estimated at Sh302 million after devastating floods swept through their farms, threatening the region’s food security.At least 4,100 farming communities from key rice-growing areas such as Nyando and Kadibo were worst-hit by the floods that have submerged approximately 800 acres of rice plantations.
Erratic weather in the recent past has caused significant crop damage in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, destroying 10-20% of the crop.
On a sunny morning last August, Jatau Malichy, 65, left his home in Mafo-fadia, a village in Kachia Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, to inspect his farm.
Record rainfall of almost three times the norm has hit the Chinese province of Guangdong this April, according to data from its weather bureau. The heavy spring rains and hail followed an unusually warm winter, which have combined to seriously impact the province’s large lychee crop.
The National Association of Berry Exporters of Mexico (Aneberries), which brings together 40 blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, and strawberry-producing partners, focuses on promoting the consumption of these fruits in the national and international markets.
The Okanagan, BC, area, world-famous for its wine production, is expected to lose a substantial amount of its grape crop this summer due to January’s severely frigid temperatures.
Rice farmers in Kisumu County are grappling with significant losses estimated at Sh302 million after devastating floods swept through their farms threatening the region’s food security.
Droughts and floods in southern Africa stemming from El Niño have left millions of people food insecure, warns World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain during a recent visit to Zambia – the epicentre of the crisis.
Whenever people notice the stunted sugar cane plants on Babar Kamble's farm in India's Maharashtra state, he tells them: "My farm is dying a slow death."It started in 2014 when production on Kamble's farm slid five metric tons lower than the 80 metric tons he normally harvested from his one-acre field.
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm in the past few days have damaged winter crops in parts of at least six states across central, north and western India.So far, damage to rabi crops like wheat, mustard and chickpea has been reported from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
The James Hutton Institute will continue in its role to help protect Britain's potato crop against late blight after further funding was secured.The new award – sourced from a consortium of key industry partners – will allow the Hutton to maintain its ongoing monitoring and testing work as part of the Fight Against Blight (FAB) scheme.
The melon and watermelon season in Morocco is once again being disrupted by odd weather conditions. In addition to the reduction in cultivated areas due to drought, the current colder-than-usual climate is delaying harvests.
Kenya has been grappling with heavy rainfall and numerous floods since March. This has also had significant repercussions for the fruit and vegetable (F&V) exports from the East African country.