Observers agree that climate change has become the biggest challenge facing Moroccan agriculture, an assertion confirmed by professionals who are already suffering from climatic disruptions on the ground.
Lurking inside the crops of banana-producing-areas in east and central Africa is a disease called Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)—and new modeling by researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has shown that if left uncontrolled, this bacterial disease could cause a 55% reduction in banana production in newly affected regions within 10 years.
Floods, droughts, insect infestations, storms, disease and war have caused about $123 billion per year in lost food production between 1991 and 2021, the equivalent of five percent of total production or enough to feed up to half a billion people per year, the FAO said in a report.
How much compensation bona fide farmers can receive for losses sustained as a result of Typhoon Mawar has been answered by the attorney general, who’s legal opinion was sought for clarification by the Guam Department of Agriculture.
Climatechange and habitat lossare combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems intertwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study.
Manipur's Sirarakhong village is unlikely to celebrate Hathei festival this year as the livelihood of over 250 ‘hathei’ (Chili pepper) farmers of the village located inwest of Ukhrul district has been severely affected with crop failure, in what could be termed as an impact of climate change.
The Unió de Pagesos has stated that the drought has "significantly" affected agricultural plantations dependent on the swamps of Guiamets, in the Ribera d'Ebre and Priorat, Margalef, as well as in the Priorat, and Riudecanyes swamp, in Baix Camp and Tarragonès, which won't share more water in the remainder of 2023.
Global economic losses could reach $5 trillion under a "plausible increase" in extreme weather events linked to climate change that cause crop failures and food and water shortages, insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London said on Wednesday.
Two Missouri State University agriculture professors received grants from theU.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculturetotaling nearly $600,000.
The El Nino effect has pushed up temperatures by 2-5 degrees Celsius above normal during October in Karnataka.Officials in the Agriculture Department say that every one-degree increase in temperature during winter will result in a 10 per cent crop loss.
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced in late September that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’preliminary estimates of damageto Florida agriculture from Hurricane Idalia, including more than $447 million in total losses and damages across the state’s diverse agricultural sectors.
Farmers in Borno, a state inNorth East Nigeria, have said climate change is affecting their crop yields due to high temperatures and unpredictable rain patterns.Umar Abba, one of such farmers in the Jere area of Borno, told HumAngle that this farming season has been terrible for them.
Scottish farmers say last weekend's flooding has resulted in some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen. NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables have been damaged by flood waters described as unprecedented for the time of year.
"In Spain, we usually begin harvesting raspberries in mid-September. It's already a month later now," says Jan van Bergeijk. The Dutchman is responsible for raspberry sales at the Plusberries group in Huelva, Spain.
Mark Carroll, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Floyd County, said this year’s pumpkin production yields are down 20%-40% due to drought in areas where the bulk of Texas’ crop is grown.
The Telangana High Court on Tuesday sought to know from the central and Telangana state government as to why a comprehensive "crop insurance scheme" which covers all types of losses faced by farmers was not implemented in Telangana.