Khalilur Rahman, 65, has been fishing in a tributary of the old Brahmaputra River in Kishoreganj for 50 years. Nowadays, he often returns home empty-handed.“The river has dried up. Without enough flow of water, many species of fish have disappeared,” he said.
The Maharashtra government is planning to make use of satellites to carry out assessment of damage to crops occurring due to various reasons, and link the process to payment of compensation to farmers for faster results, an official said on Thursday.
The east coast of Australia has seen a phenomenal amount of rain this year so far, and this has been accentuated by a massive downpour at the end of last week, while the weathermen are predicting more to come.
The United States Department of Agriculture has recently published its 2022/23 almond production estimate for Spain, the largest EU almond producer, pegging the output at 68,273 tons, a decrease of 27% compared to the previous season.
The price of orange juice may soon be going up as Florida’s citrus crop continues to plummet.At the River Front Packing Company in Fort Pierce, they’re gearing up to start packing citrus fruit on Monday.
Indian rice farmer Ibrahim Shaikh says he looked up at the sky daily and prayed for unseasonal rains to stop. His prayers unanswered, he says he started harvesting the wet crop earlier this week.
Bactrocera dorsalisor oriental fruit fly, which is included in the alerts of the list of priority organisms by the EU, has been found in some orchards in the province of Naples, Campania.
In Ohio,October usually brings our first fall freeze. On October 11, USDA reported that 15% of Ohio’s corn grain had been harvested (week ending 10/09/2022, full reporthere). In the same report, 96% of corn was at the dented stage, and 71% was mature.
"We can give the blame to climate change or to destiny, but the truth is that man is behind the floods due to his activities or, rather, lack of maintenance of his works," states Giovanni Manguguerra after the flash flood that hit the Trapani province in Sicily and, especially, Salinagrande near Nubia, the town famous for its red garlic production.
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) disease has been discovered in districts of Uganda and neighbouring countries of Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo.According to UgandanDepartment of Crop inspection and certification (MAAIF)the disease was confirmed in 2020 in districts of Arua, Kasese, Zombo.
Costa does not expect any further material impact from recent heavy rainfalls experienced across the country, but said that further damage is possible if extreme adverse weather continues.
Typhoon Neneng (international name: Nesat) left an estimated total of P366,058,240.16 worth of damage to agriculture, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) on Wednesday.
Agricultural losses caused by Tropical Storm Nesat over the past few days were estimated at NT$13.14 million (US$409,075) as of Wednesday evening, according to statistics released by the Council of Agriculture (COA).
Last week, the USDA said that Florida's orange crop production will likely plummet to record lows this season thanks to Hurricane Ian. That assessment compounds an already weak citrus production situation in the state.
Rain, snow and sleet increased in almost all midwestern counties between 2001 and 2020. Along with that additional precipitation came increased federal crop insurance payments to farmers whose crops failed due to “excess moisture,” said areportWednesday by theEnvironmental Working Group.
Chirakkara is a panchayat far from the forest fringe, but farmers in the area are facing an unusual challenge. For the last one month wild boars have been ravaging their crops, digging out coconut saplings and feeding on ready-to-harvest tubers.