To fortify Nigeria’s food systems and shield farmers from mounting risks in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture have forged a strategic alliance aimed at expanding agricultural insurance coverage, de-risking the sector to accelerate sustainable food security nationwide.
Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) are piloting a system that traps airborne fungal spores and feeds the data into an artificial intelligence application to predict crop disease outbreaks before they take hold on farms, in what scientists describe as a fundamental shift from reactive to preventive plant disease management in Ghana.
Climate change has devastated betel cultivation in Rajasthan’s Aravalli foothills, destroying a centuries-old livelihood of the Tamboli community.
Spring crop insurance prices were finalized by USDA’s Risk Management Agency this week, at $4.62 per bushel for corn and $11.09 per bushel for soybeans.
Farmers in the haor areas of Sunamganj are gripped by anxiety as unfinished crop protection dams threaten to submerge their Boro fields amid fears of an early influx of water originating from the upstream Indian mountainous regions.
Although agricultural insurance policies have been piloted since 2011, the sector remains new and high risk, creating multiple challenges in implementation.
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine is launching a large-scale program to support agricultural producers.
Rural communes near the city of Ksar el-Kebir, recently declared disaster zones by the government, are seeing an intensified effort by agricultural officials to assess crop losses caused by flooding and torrential rains.
A delegation from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), led by Country Director Ms. Emma Fan and including Mr. Salman Mian and Dr. Raja M. Ali Saleem, visited the SECP Head Office.
Thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Iloilo are set to receive P7 million worth of fully subsidized crop and asset insurance as the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) in Western Visayas and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-6 formalized a partnership aimed at fortifying farmers against climate shocks, natural disasters, and market uncertainties.
Last year, the agricultural production in Moldova recorded an increase of approximately 14%.
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has urged the Federal Government to expand insurance coverage to more smallholder farmers across Nigeria.
Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar handed over crop insurance policies to farmers and outlined government initiatives aimed at strengthening the farm sector at a workshop organised at Jawali in Kangra district on Friday.
Invasive feral hogs in Georgia destroy natural habitats, damage crops, and threaten water quality. With few natural predators and high reproductive rates, feral swine are rapidly expanding their range across the U.S.
The records with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development show that the amount was provided in premium subsidies for agriculture, crop and livestock insurance over the given time period.
Farmers blame the steep price rise on poor yields caused by pest attacks, fruit rot disease and prolonged dry spells.