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Recent heavy rains and hailstorms in various districts of Punjab have caused extensive damage to the wheat crop, according to officials of the provincial agriculture department.Estimates suggest that between 5 to 6 percent of the wheat crop, valued at Rs. 23 billion, has been destroyed.
Farmers remain dissatisfied even after the government declared an increase incompensationfor crop loss caused by untimely rains, claiming that the announced compensation is inadequate.
Months of heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding have dealt a new financial blow to California farmers as they come out of a multiyear drought that had them fallowing land and plowing under crops due to water shortages.
With at least 14 lakh hectares (40 per cent) of 34.90 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Punjab impacted by rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm, another challenge that farmers face now is difficulty in harvesting the crop.
The Assembly of European Fruit and Vegetable Regions, AREFLH, representing 16 regions and 38 producer organizations from 10 European countries - including the Afrucat, Proexport, and Coexphal associations, which are part of FEPEX - held its latest assembly in Lleida, where it focused on climate change, as well as the draft Packaging Regulation, as the main concerns of European fruit and vegetable regions.
Former chief minister and BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh Tuesday termed Rs 15,000 per acre compensation being offered by Punjab government to farmers who suffered crop loss due to untimely rain and hailstorm as too less and demanded that they be granted double that amount even as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal sought immediate release of Rs 50,000 per acre.
The early sown tomato crop has been affected due to the blight disease. In the Majitha district subdivision, over 140 hectares of crops have been damaged. Tajinder Singh, Deputy Director, Horticulture, visited the Hamja village of the Majitha district subdivision to take stock of the damage.
Deep snow and blizzards are challenging ranchers and their livestock. Inclement weather can cause newborn calves and other livestock to become smothered, trampled and die. These death losses can create an emotional and financial burden for livestock producers.
The seasonal return of the US Department of Agriculture’s weekly national Crop Progress report revealed the condition of the US winter wheat crop deteriorated over the months of dormancy since the report went into hibernation last fall.
Officials of the Haryana agriculture department have estimated a loss of nearly 20 per cent in the production of wheat owing to untimely rains and hailstorm. Officials had earlier estimated 110.75 LMT (lakh metric tonnes) production of wheat in the state this year, which is likely to be less by 20 per cent because of untimely rains.
A more settled spell of weather brings hope of catching up on the massive backlog of fieldwork that has built up during monsoon March.There is fertiliser to apply, overdue herbicide applications and T0s due for winter wheat and barley along with the spring drilling that has been on hold.
Several hundred farmers in the rural areas of Kalimpong district of West Bengal need to protect their crops from peacocks. Peacocks - the national bird - have come to be a headache for most farmers, many of whom have incurred losses and shifted to crops like maize that do not attract the birds as much.
Like other Mediterranean countries, Tunisia is facing a severe drought that has compelled the Tunisian government to implement water-use quotas, increasing the price of water for agricultural use, and even restricting household access to tap water.
During a visit to multiple villages in his constituency, Chaudhary said the recent heavy rain in Punjab had caused extensive damage to crops and property, and yet the AAP government had not taken the necessary measures to compensate the affected farmers and residents.
The vegetable campaign is in full swing, productions are regular and demand is peaking. Yet not everything is going as it should be, as the segment has to deal with problems that used to be unimaginable up until a few years ago. FreshPlaza has talked about it with Vittorio Gona from Alba Bio.