The establishment of aLoss and Damage Fundwas, for many, the highlight of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 27) and the culmination of decades of pressure from climate-vulnerable developing countries.
Another primarily dry week allowed harvest to conclude in most areas, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the United States Drought Monitor for November 22, over 49 percent of the State was categorized in moderate drought or worse, up from the previous week.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released Rs 200 crore to benefit 8.68 lakh farmers towards input subsidy and zero interest rate loans, into their bank accounts at the press of a button, reiterating his commitment for welfare of farmers in the state.
ICRISAT scientists in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have developed high-resolution spatial maps that enable cropland mapping for insurance claims and agriculture policy decision-making on targeting regenerative agriculture (RA).
Scores of farmers across the country are reeling from the effects of back-to-back flooding, skyrocketing costs of chemicals and fertilisers with many of them of the verge of giving up.
When Kenyan rice farmer Andrew Wangura was preparing for planting, he noticed unusual fruit – “some strawberries” – on plants growing in his irrigation channels. A few days later, his neighbour Susan Njane and other farmers reported similar odd experiences.
Victorian grain farmers are doing it tough amid the flood crisis.Grain Growers chair and fifth-generation farmer from Quambatook, Brett Hosking, says 30 to 40 per cent of his crop has been wiped out and the harvest has been delayed.
A number of farmers in Maharashtra whose crops were damaged due to excessive rains claimed to have received very low compensation amounts, with one cultivator getting only Rs 90 for his crop losses.
The state’s driest three-year period on record resulted in the crop revenue losses after growers left a total of 1.3 million acres unplanted over 2021 and 2022 as compared with 2019, according to a study commissioned by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The food security we enjoy in this country is thanks in part to crop insurance. National Crop Insurance Services recently interviewed farmers about the importance of crop insurance including Michigan blueberry growers Shelly Hartmann who says growing a specialty crop comes with risks.
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday lambasted Odisha government for holding up installment of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) even though the Centre has already released the funds.
In the fall, rice fields in the Sacramento Valley usually shine golden brown as they await harvesting. This year, however, many fields were left covered with bare dirt.“It’s a disaster,” said rice farmer Don Bransford. “This has never happened. Never. And I’ve been farming since 1980.”
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Abubakar, has statedthat Nigeria’s food insecurity is being aggravated by harvest losses estimated at billions of naira annually.
The Ministry of Agriculture is open to making pro-farmer changes in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in response to the recent climate crisis and rapid technological advances.
The pace at which both crops were being sowed was the slowest in at least two decades, according to a report by Reuters market analyst, Karen Braun.Only 17% of the soya bean crop had been planted in the third week of November, compared with 31% at the same time in the previous season.
Ecosystem degradation through depletion of natural resources like water, air, soil and habitat is bringing about destructive effects on the environment endangering biodiversity, wildlife and food security.