Nearly 300 farmers in Chhattisgarh's Mahima Gawadi village suffered a financial loss of Rs 2 crore after the unseasonal rains destroyed crops and vegetables. The farmers who supply vegetables to the entire Narayanpur district, are now awaiting compensation from the government for crop damage.
The Middle East and North Africa is the most arid region in the world, home to 15 out of 25 of the world’s most water-scarce countries. Improved water resource management requires a better understanding of how much water is lost to the atmosphere from soil and plants, a process called evapotranspiration.
As unseasonal rains and hailstorms continue to wreak havoc in Telangana, farmer rights organisations have sought immediate government support for farmers whose crops across more than 10 lakh acres are said to have been damaged in the past 50 days.
At the beginning of April, frosts of between minus 3 and minus 8°C were recorded in Hungarian apricot orchards. There were also reports of cold temperatures during the relatively early flowering period, which started in early to mid-March.
About 30 to 40% of dates and mangoes have become victims of fungi, affecting production. Reports said that growers of the dates palm had submitted complaints of the mysterious diseases hitting their crops.
The mango season continues in Côte d'Ivoire. Exporters are keeping their spirits up despite the obvious impact of the lack of rainfall. Adjoka Joel, Ivoirian mango producer & exporter, explains the situation.
Texas is looking at approximately 25 percent of a full peach crop this season. “We’re not going to have a very strong crop of Texas peaches. Mostly our early, low-chill clingstones have good settings but once we get into the freestones, it’s pretty weak,” says Jamey Vogel of Vogel Orchard.
Van Dijk Foods has had Spanish stone fruit for three weeks now. "That's when the first supply from the south of Spain arrived, and the fruit looks good. The warm Spanish weather means the stone fruit has a very high Brix value," says this Belgian importer's Henk Vlaeminck.
With more rains in store for the state, the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday stressed on taking steps to enumerate the damaged crops due to unseasonal rains.
Unseasonal rain in India have once again highlighted the vulnerabilities of our agricultural sector.While rain is generally seen as a blessing, unseasonal rains can be a curse for farmers already reeling under the impact of low crop prices, rising input costs, and changing weather patterns.
Fast-rising fungal attacks on the world’s most important crops threaten the planet’s future food supply, scientists have said, warning that failing to tackle fungal pathogens could lead to a “global health catastrophe”.
Corn acres are expected to increase nationally this season, while planted acres in Texas are expected to decline, according to aTexas A&M AgriLife Extension Serviceexpert.
Untimely rains have caused extensive crop damage in Telangana, with harvests gathered in the fields and yields brought to market yards also inundated at several places in the state.
The Sicilian new potato season started a few weeks ago. Davide Prietto Batturi's company from Syracuse is among the businesses that specialize in this product. The area is known as "Terre Rosse" (i.e. Red Land), named after the red color of its soil, which is very fertile and well-known all over Europe.
Andra Pradesh ChiefMinister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to take all possible steps to help the farmers who have suffered crop loss due to recent unseasonal rains in the state.
In the Netherlands, 4Fruit Company received the first Spanish Galia melons on Friday. There are plenty of watermelons available, but the yellow and Piel de Sapo melon supply is still limited.