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.
As crop failure becomes a norm, farmers in Maharashtra struggle to get access to crop insurance schemes for which online applications should be submitted."Look at these rotten tomatoes. Forget taking a basketful to sell in the market.
In the midst of this summer’s scorching drought, The Newport Daily News spoke to local farmers at the Aquidneck Growers Market to find out how their agriculture and livestock had been affected by the dry conditions.
Last weekend's rainfall interrupted a long period of drought in Morocco but was not enough to lift growers' morale.Mr. Rida Aghori, an agricultural engineer, has been observing the rainfall deficit situation since 2016, using a dashboard he has compiled from official sources.
Washington’s apple crop is estimated to be down 22 million cases this year compared to last year, from 122.3 million cases to 99.8 million. “It’s probably the smallest crop in eight years,” says Don Roper with Honeybear Marketing.