The Yemeni people, already burdened by yearslong turmoil, now face another challenge posed by the unrelenting severe drought, a disaster brought on by climate change.This crisis poses a significant threat to Yemen's agricultural sector, which is a lifeline for millions in this war-torn nation.
Picking apples is one of the rites of fall, with crisp, sunny mornings beckoning families out to the orchard to help gather in the season’s brilliant red and green bounty.This year, though, pick-your-own opportunities will be limited because so much of the area’s apple crop was damaged or destroyed by a hard frost in May.
Jason Franklin gets no days off during the farming season — even when temperatures soar into the triple digits.His family’s 2,500-acre farm sits in Crowville, Louisiana, a small, rural community of just under 4,000 people.
A late frost on May 18 killed blooms in some apple orchards across New York, with some farms reporting a loss of as much as 95% of their crop.Gregory Peckis an associate professor of horticulture. He says although some orchards saw significant damage from a late spring frost, other orchards were minimally impacted.
Storm Daniel reached Libya at the beginning of the week, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving tens of thousands missing. The worst-hit city is Derna, where the storm has caused dam failures. The city is located in the Al Jabal Al Akhdar, one of the country's main agricultural regions.
EastFruit experts in Moldova spoke to farmers and representatives of fruit growers’ organizations in Moldova regarding the updated apple harvest outlook for 2023. It seems that due to the very hot second half of summer the outlook for fresh apple harvest in Moldova needs to be revised further downward.
The upcoming 2023 mango season is not looking promising at all for Ecuadorian growers as they might be facing a 65 - 75 percent overall volume reduction due to the “El Niño” climatic phenomenon.
A pest that has caused more than $1 billion of damage to U.S. corn crops has made its way to the Okanagan.Tracy Hueppelsheuser with the B.C. Ministry of Agriculturesaid Wednesday that the Western corn rootworm has found its way to farms in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong, and the crop risk to growers in the area is significant.
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) presented to the Council of Ministers the 2023 Report on Drought Management.
The monsoon 2023 has become active for many districts of Uttar Pradesh, which saw heavy rainfall for three consecutive days over the last weekend. While the rainfall is a shot in the arm for paddy farmers, vegetable cultivators are reporting huge losses.
There has been insufficient rainfall in India, says Samir Singh, business promoter for Indian fresh produce exporter Mersel Foods.“Sweetcorn is cultivated round the year in various states in India. In Maharashtra, where our company operates, the peak season starts in mid-August and continues until the end of April."
The torrential rains in Spain because of the DANA this week have caused heavy flooding in some points and affected the late onion harvest in the north of Ciudad Real, in Toledo, and -to a lesser extent- in Cuenca.
The Greek agricultural sector has been dealt a severe blow this year. Due to the unprecedented wildfires during the summer, followed by some massive floods, analysts are estimating that food prices will soon skyrocket.
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Thrips parvispinusis putting Almeria's pepper crops at risk. Faced with this growing threat, the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Agrícolas (Official College of Agricultural Technical Engineers of Almeria - COITAAL) has developed a guide to identify, prevent, and control this pest that is affecting Almeria, a region that produced almost seven out of every ten peppers that Spain exported during the first five months of 2023.
As heavy rainfall continued in parts of the state on Tuesday, crop loss was reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh. The most affected districts were Bahraich, Banda, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Gonda and Shravasti, where more than 30 mm rainfall was reported.
A meeting was held at CREA-OFA in Acireale (CT) ahead of the regional event on Huanglongbing (HLB), considering the serious threat that is looming over Sicilian citrus fruit.