The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched a flagship network project ‘National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture’ (NICRA) in 2011.
Tropical Cyclone “Freddy” made landfall along the eastern coastline of Madagascar, just north of Mananjary, around 19:30 SAST on Tuesday early evening. The relatively compact storm was a low-end category 2 tropical cyclone just before making landfall, with winds of 150 km/h and gusts up to 180km/h.
The database includes some of the most common pest threats faced by UK farmers including wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle, as well as other globally important species.
After the Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research (IIWBR) warning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an advisory saying sudden rise in maximum and minimum temperature during flowering and maturing period may cause loss in wheat and other crops which is ready for harvest.
Almost every kitchen in America will pay the price for the intense heat and drought in Europe this pastsummer. Olive harvests in key countries fell so short that one trade publication questions if the world will have enough to go around by the end of the year.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said that the state’s farmers, who have lost their crops during the sudden unexpected rains, will receive their compensation within a week.
An unusually warm February has raised concerns of fruit growers in Himachal Pradesh as it has led to premature flowering in apple trees which could lead to a poor fruit set.
“The worst that we have ever seen-ever. I cultivated around 20 hectares of cotton crops and almost all of them have been eaten. It is a loss of around Rs10 million. It will take years to recover from this loss,” said Mir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan, adding that,
India has formed a panel to assess how temperature increases will affect its wheat crop after the federal weather agency forecastanother spell of abnormal heatthis year.The country's Meteorological Department issued a warning on Monday that unusually high temperatures were being recorded in much of the country's west and north-west.
Despite South Africa experiencing severe rainfall over the last week – with numerous areas across the country flooded – South Africa is expected to enter El Niño weather patterns by the end of October 2023, bringing drier conditions across the country.
An increase in crop-invading pests has started to imperil the livelihoods and economic conditions of farmers in Rajasthan. A visit to the Alwar district of Rajasthan revealed that farmers here faced repeated pest attacks for the past four years.
Something to consider as you search for happy hours to celebrate National Margarita Day: The delicious concoction's main ingredient is threatened by changing weather and new strain on the agave plant's vital pollinator -- the bat.
For Aziz Kingrani, a farmer in Dadu City, homelessness wasn’t the onlyfearbrought on by the massive floods. A destruction of crops worth more than $18 million in rupees means Kingrani won’t be able to feed his extended family of 18.
Federal crop insurance has undergone many revisions since its establishment by Congress 95 years ago, but its original intent to keep farmers on the land has remained steadfast.
A Hervey Bay garden has been found to be the home of a very destructive and invasive bug that attacks the roots of crops and can result in severe crop loss.Sweet potato, chili, cotton, ginger, guava, papaya, soybean, watermelon, tobacco, and a number of other plants have all been documented to be impacted by the pest.
Due to the lack of snow and rains, apple and stone fruit producers in Himachal, India are likely to have a lower harvest this year. The insufficient cold units and delayed flowering will lead to lower production.