Insects worldwide are facing a variety of environmental stresses, which have led to precipitous declines in their numbers. That poses threats not only to the insects themselves but to biodiversity andfood securitytoo.
The rural Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda is facing a severe drought that directly affects the population’s food supplies and livelihoods. Communities in this area rely on small-scale subsistence farming, and productivity is closely coupled with rainfall.
The pink bollworm (PBW) pest has decimated BtCotton crops in the northern cotton zone of Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab this year. Many farmers have reported being unable to complete even one harvest.
Paddy farmers in north Andra districts are facing the brunt of deficit rainfall, with substantial investments of Rs 20,000 per acre for fertilizers and other inputs. Both undivided Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts, along with certain areas of Visakhapatnam, are experiencing below-average rainfall.
From staple crops like potatoes and maize, to cash crops for wealthier customers like cocoa and coffee, climate change is having a widespread impact on global agricultural production.
Hard squash and watermelon supply out of Mexico have gotten a late start this fall. “Our fall season on these items is about two weeks behind normal,” says Lesley Sykes of The Sykes Co. “That’s mostly due to the high winds brought by Tropical Storm Hilary this summer.”
The Guam Department of Agriculture and the Department of Administration have so far processed $650,000 in crop loss compensation for 59 farmers on Guam, with an average payment of $11,000, according to a release from the Office of the Governor.
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 Oct. 11.
After dealing with a shortage of pomegranates last year, the Turkish exporters seem to be faced with a similar situation for this new harvest, Esra Soyleyen, managing partner of Turkish fruit exporter Aksun, explains: “This season in some regions, we do have a pomegranate shortage of up to 30 per cent again, just as it was last year.
Pepino Mosaic Virus (PepMV) is present in many tomato-growing countries, while the relatively new Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) is also increasingly common. This creates the possibility that tomatoes can be infected by PepMV, ToBRFV, or a combination of both.
Expansions in crop farming across the globe are the biggest driving force of biodiversity loss in the wild. Now, in a new study publishing in the journalCurrent Biologyon November 6, researchers have modeled how the world’s agricultural landscape could change over the next 40 years.
Brazil's quest to have yet another bumper soybean and corn harvest is hanging in balance amid the imminent threat of El Niño, a weather pattern that typically brings wide variations in rainfall across the country.
In view of the huge loss of groundnut crop in the region, the opposition parties and farmer organisations are mounting pressure on the government to help those who incurred loss repeatedly.
Slug damage is evident in many crops this autumn. Wet weather is the primary factor and crops after oilseed rape and fields with a history of slug damage have fared worse.The fact that field conditions weren’t suitable for rolling only increased the pressure on crops.
The U.S. drought monitor says Mississippi is experiencing some of the driest conditions since 2016. Farmers in the state say they're already seeing the effects on their crops and farmland.
The drought situation, high temperatures and the decrease in the local production of vegetables have made it necessary to increase the import of fresh foodstuffs from Morocco to Malaga by ship.