Rajasthan will soon allow its farmers to do 'girdawari' to assess loss of crops due to natural calamities for getting compensation. The government provides compensation to farmers based on girdawari reports.
More dry and hot weather expected in the coming weeks in key European maize growing regions is expected to cause further damage to crops already stressed by a dry spring and sweltering temperatures earlier this month, citing experts.
Prasad, a seasoned paddy farmer from Edathua in Kuttanad, used to grow rice twice a year until recently. The veteran farmer did away with the practice last year when he skipped farming rice in the additional (second) crop season after suffering climate change-induced crop losses in the previous three years.
Michael Peters is crouched in the red Okarche dirt in what should have been an abounding, chest-high field of hay. But the field is patchy, and what remains fails to even reach his knee.
Agri-science experts are starting a new project to develop a photonic ‘nose’ to monitor crops for pest infestations and plant disease. Aston University is collaborating with land-based college Harper Adams University to develop technology using light to monitor crop health.
Predictions of a warm and drier-than-normal finish to July appear to be holding true, with rainfalls last week that were insufficient to stem drought conditions and limited opportunities for storms this week, according to National Weather Service data.
The damage caused by aridity to Hungary's farmers is at a record high, the country's Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy said here on Tuesday night. The extent of drought damage can already be evaluated, even though it is only the end of July, he said. Standing crop on a record 690,000 hectares has been damaged.
A new report by Indian Council of Agricultural Research has shed light on the extent and kind of crop damage that happened due to the scorching heatwave in the months of March and April 2022.
Excessive rainfall events (aka “goose-drownders”, “toad-stranglers”) that occur late in the growing season can cause flooding of rivers, creeks, and streams as well as ponded areas within fields distant from floodwaters.
With rains continuing to lash parts of Vidarbha and Marathwada region in Maharashtra, government officials are concerned that it could lead to heavy crop losses, posing a challenge for the new state government.
Over the past three decades, the production of major crops in the country has fluctuated in view of climate change that has been perceptible through rise in mean temperature and increased frequency of extreme rainfall events.
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) undertook a rating review that was published in 2011 because of relatively low loss ratios for some crops, including corn and soybeans. Revised ratings began to be implemented in 2012.
Predictions of a warm and drier-than-normal finish to July appear to be holding true, with rainfalls last week that were insufficient to stem drought conditions and limited opportunities for storms this week, according to National Weather Service data.
Farmers of the district have suffered crop losses due to the incessant rains that pounded the coastal districts for two weeks. More than 300 hectares of paddy is destroyed.
Around 0.34 million hectares (mha) crop area has been damaged due to natural calamities, mostly floods and landslides in just the first three monthsof 2022, according to data shared in Parliament July 26, 2022.
The extreme heat could mean damage to farmers’ finances in the long run in the Yakima Valley and potentially hurt the bees responsible for pollinating their crops.