The United Nations' climate change conference in Bonn, Germany — a dress rehearsal for the COP27 climate gathering happening in Egypt in November — has been a war of words in terms of who pays for climate disasters.
Crop insurance has evolved with the goal of insuring a large share of acres to reduce demand for ad hoc disaster assistance. One of the primary goals of crop insurance is to help farmers manage risks and cover losses in the crop year, thereby eliminating the need for either standing or ad hoc disaster programs.
The global production of processing tomatoes is concentrated in a small number of regions where climate change could have a notable impact on the future supply.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Chennekothapalli in Sri Sathya Sai district on Tuesday (June 14) to formally distribute ₹467.81 crore of crop insurance amount pertaining to 3.35 lakh farmers of undivided Anantapur district.
The latest round of rainfall since May 28 has wreaked havoc in 80 counties of the province, damaging 76,300 hectares of cropland and causing direct economic losses of 1.16 billion yuan ($174 million), Xinhua news agency quoted the authorities as saying.
Farmers were some of those hit the hardest from the hail storm Tuesday night. One eastern Nebraska farmer lost all of his crops in just one night. The worst part of the hail storm lasted only minutes, but for Carter Burenheide his entire planting season has been altered.
The Farmers of undivided Anantapur district have got crop insurance benefits for the loss due to drought and excessive rain during the last kharif and rabi seasons, thanks to their sustained agitation, Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham district secretary V. Rambhupal has said.
Cannabis growers are confronting the same issue that threatens to upend the wine industry and other agricultural-based businesses – shifting weather patterns and climate change.
A new study from N.C. State University gives details about an invasive insect from Asia that can kill grapevines and damage crops. The spotted lanternfly could reach the wine-producing counties of California by 2027, according to a new analysis from researchers at NCSU.
Crop insurance has evolved with the goal of insuring a large share of acres to reduce demand for ad hoc disaster assistance. One of the primary goals of crop insurance is to help farmers manage risks and cover losses in the crop year, thereby eliminating the need for either standing or ad hoc disaster programs.
Zen Ho, the founder of Durian Empire, has been forced to charge more for the fruit this season. The price of Malaysia's musang king durians at Punggol's Durian Empire was between $15 and $18 per kg pre-pandemic, but Mr Ho estimates that the variety will cost anywhere between $20 and $25 per kg now.
"It's a real disaster," summarized Antonio Barrera, a citrus grower who manages a family farm of one hundred hectares in the municipality of Cantillana (Seville) and two leased farms, where he grows different orange, mandarin, and grapefruit varieties.
Frosts took a severe toll on pome and stone fruit trees in northeastern Spain in late March. The production in the regions of Aragon and Catalonia suffered historic volume losses in a year in which production costs have soared due to inflation.
More than 100 years ago, what is now considered the world's most devastating citrus pest was identified in Asia. Greening or HLB is a disease caused by the bacterium Candidatus liberibacter spp. that is threatening the global citrus industry.
A new biological agent to manage the destructive pest spotted wing drosophila (SWD) (Drosophila suzukii) is set to be released this month after approval was granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
More than P17 million worth of vegetables, rice and other crops planted in Sorsogon province had been destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Bulusan on Sunday, according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Bicol region on Tuesday.