A new study has revealed a worrying trend for India’s soil health. Nearly 30 per cent of the country’s landmass is experiencing “minor” soil erosion, while a critical 3 per cent faces “catastrophic” topsoil loss, according to the research.
The Strawberry Contact Group, comprising representatives from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, including producer and exporter associations like Freshuelva-Fepex, is focusing on technological innovation to tackle climate change impacts on red fruit production.
In Northern Ireland, persistent rainfall has significantly impacted the agricultural sector, particularly affecting potato farmers. Paul Hamilton, an eighth-generation farmer from Co Down, reported that waterlogged fields have prevented the harvesting of crops, potentially leading to substantial financial losses.
This year, the winter cauliflower harvest at P.N. Slagter started a whopping two weeks early. "We began cutting in mid-March, which is unprecedented. Initially, you don't harvest daily, but with the warm weather last weekend, the growth really exploded.
A farmer said about 300 tonnes (661,00lb) of sugar beet perished after the wet winter left a field under water for nearly five months.George Munns, 62, from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, said he had "never seen a year as wet as this".
Bruce Hennessey and Beth Whiting were used to fending off flooding at Maple Wind Farm in Richmond. The couple have been in business for 25 years, and for the past 10 they’ve dealt with floods that have put hayfields underwater and torn up their barn.
About PHP444.94 million worth of agricultural damage has been recorded in the Cordillera region as of March 22 due to the dry spell, a report from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed on Thursday.
Heavy rains coupled with high-velocity wind and hailstorm induced by the recent Nor’easter has wreaked havoc in many parts of Odisha, inflicting misery to farmers who lost acres of standing crops.
Tru-Cape’s producers are currently assessing the damage and losses caused by gale-force winds and rain over the weekend.“We are currently doing a damage assessment,” said Roelf Pienaar, managing director of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, “but at the moment it seems our production areas weren’t hit as hard as the Helderberg and Stellenbosch areas.”
The Turkish citrus sector is mobilizing to prevent the spread of Psyllidium (Greening) disease from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to Turkey.
As part of the government's grant program to support small and medium-sized enterprises, eRobota, an additional 1.08 million euros have been disbursed to 10 agribusinesses. These funds will bolster the development of orchards, berry farms, vineyards, and greenhouse farming.
The Spanish pear sector is facing an unprecedented challenge, especially with the Conference variety, which accounts for 53% of the country's pear production and is predominant in Catalonia.
The El Niño-induced dryness and heatwave hit the Southern Africa region, resulting in roughly half of Zimbabwe and Zambian maize crop failure.South Africa’s maize crop is also down by 20% year-on-year, with a harvest estimated at 13.2 million tonnes.
Rice vampireweed (Rhamphicarpa fistulosa) a facultative, parasitic weed that grows on rice in Africa, affected more than 140,000 farm households and caused losses worth $82 million per year to the continent’s economy, a new report showed.
Unseasonal rains accompanied by hail storm lashed several parts of Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts for the last two days resulting in loss of crops in vast areas. Rains damaged paddy, sunflower and mango crops across several acres. The paddy crop was ready for harvesting. But the paddy grains were damaged in rain.
Farmers in Perthshire have calls for beavers to be managed on a Perthshire river before “irreversible damage” is done to the land.The creatures have been blamed for the loss of land along the edge of the River Ericht and farmers say they could threaten other species, such as salmon.