The Karnataka government has started the ground-truthing exercise to evaluate whether it can declare drought in about 120 taluks of the state that are facing shortfall of rain.
First, there was a heatwave, then India saw unseasonal rainfall, and after that a delayed onset of the monsoons. Each of these phenomenon damaged crops and hurt India's farmers.
he UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is helping developing countries adopt satellite technology to make farming more climate resilient. Agricultural adaptation to new technologies is seen as crucial to minimizing crop loss and global hunger, with extreme weather eventsbecoming more intenseand frequent.
Chinese agriculture has not had an easy year.Official data shows that at least 4m hectares (40,000km2) of arable land have been affected by a sustained spate of extreme heat, typhoons and flooding – with “agricultural disasters” set to continue throughout the rest of the year.
Spanish broccoli production is currently underway in areas higher than 1,000 meters above sea level, where temperatures are usually milder during the summer. However, the heat waves are currently taking a toll on both the quality and the yields, as well as on the sowings that are taking place in lower areas for the autumn harvests.
This past weekend’s Tropical Storm Hilary, will likely cause a delay in the later harvesting of asparagus grown in Mexico's Baja, California. Avocado producers in Mexico report they expect about 20%-30% lower volumes after the effect of strong winds on the trees.
The president of Fedefruta, Jorge Valenzuela Trebilcock, is receiving reports from O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble and Biobío on the impact of the rains and overflowing rivers in fruit production areas, just two months after the most damaging bad weather front suffered by modern fruit growing and the rural world in the last 30 years.
Peru is facing a difficult blueberry season as a result of El Niño. The climate pattern impacts production volumes and makes it difficult to project a production peak at this stage.
According to estimates by the Union of Small Farmers (UPA), mango production in the Axarquia region has fallen this campaign by around 85% due to the lack of water, and avocado production by around 60%.
"The negotiations regarding the regulation of geographical indications (GIs) in Europe, with Italian MEP Paolo De Castro as a speaker, are proceeding apace, and there is cause for optimism that there are many points of agreement with other EU countries on important issues such as the protection of GIs used as ingredients, online protection and sustainability."
Extreme heat and periods of drought this summer will likely lead to losses in several of Louisiana’s agricultural sectors, according to economists from the LSU AgCenter. The worst losses are expected in the beef cattle sector, they suggest, as reduced hay production, the forced downsizing of cattle herds and other factors could lead to estimated losses of $135 million to $290 million.
Like many other crops in other parts of the world, the pomegranate sector in Egypt is suffering this year from the effects of constantly rising temperatures and heat waves. Mina Antony, CEO of E2M, reports a difficult start to the campaign.
"The Coordinator of Farmers' and Livestock Organizations (COAG) is concerned about the poor almond harvest being recorded so far at the start of the campaign in the main production areas.
The situation is dire for Italian pear growers. Data released during Prognosfruit outlined a significant yield loss in the country. There will be a lack of product, but fortunately the situation is not as bad as in 2021.
August ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) forecast updates are pointing towards a Very Strong El Niño event later in the year, triggering extreme and potentially destructive weather globally. An average of multiple global models indicates a peak in December at +2.3°C.
Jeff Faske has been farming for over 25 years. He says as a native South Texan the weather here can come with many surprises and with this hot summer, he thought rain was not on his radar anytime soon.