A don, Prof. Tunji Iyiola-Tunji, has advocated the adoption and cultivation of flood-resistant seed varieties to curtail harvest losses due to flooding.Iyiola-Tunji, a fellow at the National Agricultural Extension Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Grain farmers say their harvest has been a disaster this year after months of wet weather.Fields of crops are waterlogged and harvesting that should have been finished by now is not completed.
Shila Devi Tharu, a 47-year-old farmer in western Nepal, frequently loses her rice crop to floods. “Almost every year my rice fields are inundated, damaging the crop partially or fully,” says Tharu, who cultivates 1.2 acres of land in the Karnali river basin of the Bardiya district.
Former chief minister O Panneerselvam urged the state government to make a reassessment of crop loss in delta districts due to non-availability of water during the Kuruvai season and provide Rs 30,000 per acre to the farmers as compensation.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, agricultural losses caused by Typhoon Koinu in Taiwan had totaled approximately NT$344.56 million (US$10.72 million), according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Government, and the government of Uzbekistan rcecently launched a €1.9 million project to develop and implement a sovereign risk transfer scheme for climate-vulnerable farmers in Uzbekistan.
The repeated rainfall is putting a damper on pumpkin season.Farmers have already had a tough year with flooding in July and now the popular fall crop is taking a big hit.Clover Nook Farm in Bethany lost 50% of its pumpkin crop due to rot that was caused by rainfall.
Kerala farmers reported crop loss in 778 hectares due to the heavy rainfall which lashed the state over the past week. Paddy crop topped the list, followed by banana and vegetables, according to a first information report on crop loss compiled from the Agricultural Information Management System (AIMS) of the Agriculture department.
Eight taluks of Mysuru district are reeling under severe drought conditions which has led to an estimated loss of₹508.62 crore, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday.According to officials, approximately 75,160 hectares of crops have been damaged in the district, with the agricultural sector taking a massive hit.
Scottish farmers say they've suffered some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen as a result of the weekend's flooding.NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables have been damaged by flood waters described as unprecedented for the time of year.
Harvest in Saskatchewan is close to 100 percent as it can be.The Saskatchewan Crop Report, released today (Thurs), has harvest at 95 percent complete, slightly up from 91 percent the previous week, but still ahead of the 5-year average of 84 percent.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has declared a quarantine in Ventura County following the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in two citrus trees on one residential property in the city of Santa Paula.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced to start a portal for cotton crop loss due to pink bollworm.He sald the compensation would be provided at a rate from Rs 7,000 to 15,000 per acre.
Texas pumpkin producers are experiencing another season of yields, well below average. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert Mark Carroll, this year’s pumpkin production yields are down 20%-40% due to drought in areas where the bulk of Texas’ crop is grown.
This late-season heat is coming at a time when a lot of products are still in the ground, making it extra dangerous for crop, potentially leading to a lot of loss. From strawberries to lettuce to flowers, the heat is posing challenges for all kinds of crops in Santa Cruz County.
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday announced that a sum of Rs 13,500 per hectare will be given as compensation to farmers who have lost their standing crops in the delta districts since Karnataka failed to release Cauvery water.