Southern European farmers are experiencing an acute crop crisis due to months of drought.Spain's largest farmers' association has warned that severe droughts have damaged more than 35,000 square kilometers of crops in the country.
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The Department of Agriculture of Malda district has issued an advisory to the farmers against the prevailing heatwave in the state. The temperature in the district has crossed 43°C, which could potentially harm the crops.
Vast areas of agricultural land in northwestern Syria - especially along the banks of the Orontes River that runs between Idlib province and Turkey - were damaged as a result of the February 6 earthquake.
Punjab agriculture minister, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, has directed the principal secretary of agriculture to gather information on farmers who have not received compensation for crop damage by May 15.
Around 10-15% of Haryana’s rabi crop appears to have been damaged due to unseasonal rains in March, the state’s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday, even as he stressed that the extent of loss was far lower than previously estimated.
Agricultural operations in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin have been significantly impacted by recent tornadoes and severe storms that caused widespread and extensive destruction across those states.
Farmers in northwest India are facing huge losses after untimely rains and hailstorm damaged wheat crops. Despite the damage, the ministry of agriculture has stuck to its initial projection of over 112 million tonnes in output.
Cyclone-hit growers are desperate for help and say they're feeling abandoned by the Government.It's been more than two months since Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed their crops and they said after an initial flurry of action, the support has dried up.
There are an estimated 6.9 million wild pigs in the United States, and the population has been rising in recent decades. In research published inWildlife Society Bulletin, investigators used drones to capture images of the agricultural damage caused by these animals.
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Teagasc has teamed up with the Cork-based Tyndall National Institute and they are developing AI to monitor invasive insect species in Europe.Groundbreaking research being conducted in Cork is aiming to protect future world food security.
Specialty crop growers can't seem to catch a break this spring, as producers faced crop losses from freezing temperatures in early spring and some plant damage from severe storms at the end of March.
Southern Europe’s farmers are facing a crop crisis. Months of drought has interruped this year’s harvests and some Spanish ecologists are warning the country may soon be unable to sustain cereal crops such as wheat and barley.