Smallholder farmers in west Africa’s Sahel face a harsh and worsening climate. Rainfall is erratic, temperatures are rising, soils are degrading, and droughts have become more frequent.
China is launching a campaign to boost festive consumption by promoting high-quality and green agricultural specialty products ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced recently.
Crop losses linked to climate shocks, pests and diseases are placing growing pressure on food production systems across Africa, say researchers from the Global Burden of Crop Loss (GBCL).
The shocked officials from the revenue and agriculture departments attempted to hold talks with the protesting farmers, but the farmers continued to stage the protest.
The United Arab Emirates has launched an AI-driven ecosystem to help climate-vulnerable agricultural regions adapt to increasingly volatile weather.
The research focuses on innovative applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine Learning (ML) in sustainable agricultural irrigation management, marking a major scientific win for Morocco.
Reports of frost impact, crop loss in Nilgiris coupled with the absence of last week sales due to Christmas has triggered tea prices to higher levels in Kochi auctions.
Italy and France have been pushing the Commission to grant more concessions on the agricultural policy budget.
In the Assin Central District of Ghana’s Central Region, cocoa farmers gather not just to discuss yields and prices, but to collectively chart survival strategies against a climate that no longer follows familiar patterns.
A new pilot program dedicated to agrivoltaics will soon take place on New Jersey farmland.
A final rule recently issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would update the nation’s crop insurance and risk management system, with a strong focus on improving access for farmers and ranchers.
Kebbi State Government has attracted five landmark investments valued at over $200 million and N220 billion in renewable energy, electric mobility and agro-industrial development.
The Agriculture Ministry has entered a state of emergency mobilisation after reports of Foot and Mouth Disease cases in a cattle unit in occupied Lapathos in the Famagusta district.
A state-level Farmers' Day dedicated to farmers' welfare and economic upliftment was organised in Gauchar (Chamoli). On this occasion, Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami transferred an insurance amount of Rs 65.12 crore to 88,000 farmers through DBT under the Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme, the release said.
Panjgur farmers have raised serious allegations against the Agriculture Water Management Department for misappropriating funds intended for local farmers’ welfare.
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz recognized the performance of urban agriculture in fostering a food and nutritional culture among the population.