The Andhra Pradesh government has rolled out a comprehensive action plan to reduce the impact of the expected El Niño conditions, focusing on protecting farmers, securing drinking water, safeguarding livestock, ensuring uninterrupted power supply and strengthening irrigation infrastructure.
Wet weather is making potato harvesting difficult in Latvia. The crop is considered good this year, but part of it is expected to rot in waterlogged fields as machinery struggles to operate.
The lack of rain has caused severe moisture stress during the crucial stages of flowering and pod formation, affecting the development and filling of grains, the district collectorate said in the report. Amid the dire situation, farmers are feeding dried plants from their fields to cattle, it said.
Interfel will exhibit at Fruit Attraction with 50 companies across 1,024 sq m, with new markets, climate adaptation, and fresh produce consumption among younger consumers on the agenda for France's fresh produce sector.
Berry growers in south-east Queensland, Australia, are reporting crop losses following the detection of Frankliniella intonsa, a flower thrips recorded in the country for the first time.
Private insurers are set to take on more farm risk.
Farmers under the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh banner took out tractor rallies across Madhya Pradesh, with more than 200 tractors participating in Bhopal district.
The August 26 flash floods in the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river system damaged 1,669 hectares of paddy fields and wiped out an estimated 5,843 tonnes of rice production, according to a government damage assessment.
Officers of Odisha’s Satyabadi police station were taken aback when hundreds of farmers from Balapur panchayat lodged written complaints, seeking police intervention against the stray bulls.
Farmers from several villages of Beerwah tehsil in Budgam district have urged the government to provide adequate compensation to all farmers whose standing paddy and vegetable crops were extensively damaged in the recent hailstorm.
Kansas corn faces major yield losses as extreme heat, drought and hot winds damage dryland fields, accelerate harvest and pressure farm margins.
John F. Kennedy once said: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." The quote is relevant to the challenge of generational renewal in Spain's fruit and vegetable sector.
The state govt on Friday transferred Rs 104.46 crore directly into the bank accounts of 1,17,708 farmers under the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme to compensate them for crop losses suffered during the Kharif 2024 season.
The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), together with UNDP Sri Lanka through the BIOFIN (Biodiversity Finance Initiative) and LOLC Holdings PLC, marked an important milestone in promoting human-leopard coexistence by presenting the first compensation payment under the Livestock Insurance Scheme and launching the construction of the first predator-proof community cattle pen in the Sigiriya landscape.
China on Friday released an implementation plan to strengthen agricultural insurance development that it says aims to help stabilise farmers' incomes and strengthen food security, reported Reuters.
He says, officials should select fields for surveys in presence of farmers.