When climate-related weather events damage crops, what options do farmers have?
2 years, 4 months ago

When climate-related weather events damage crops, what options do farmers have?

Salon  

In recent years, an increase in extreme weather events is making it a uniquely challenging time to be a farmer. "In the corn belt, farmers really have all of their equipment set up for one or two crops," she says. Schechinger points out that crop insurance could encourage farmers to keep planting crops in areas where they're increasingly unsuitable, by financially insulating the farmers from growing rates of crop failure. "We know that crop insurance impacts the crops that farmers plant," says Schechinger. "It's really, really important to adjust crop insurance so that it helps farmers adapt to climate change."

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Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
1 month, 1 week ago

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

Associated Press  

CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe — Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Muchaneta Mutowa, center, checks the weather while working in a plot that is part of a climate-smart agriculture program funded by the United States Agency for International Development in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Villagers stand next to solar panels and water tanks that are …

Building agricultural resilience to extreme weathers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Building agricultural resilience to extreme weathers

China Daily  

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY Despite being the world's second-largest economy, China is still a developing country and thus vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, with its agricultural sector being especially vulnerable to extreme weather events. Such practices have optimized local agricultural production, and made crops climate change-resilient, achieving a "three-win" effect of ensuring food security, adapting to climate change …

Building agricultural resilience to extreme weathers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Building agricultural resilience to extreme weathers

China Daily  

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY Despite being the world's second-largest economy, China is still a developing country and thus vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, with its agricultural sector being especially vulnerable to extreme weather events. Such practices have optimized local agricultural production, and made crops climate change-resilient, achieving a "three-win" effect of ensuring food security, adapting to climate change …

Telangana Farmers Left Without Crop Insurance as Unusual Rains Cause Massive Damage
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana Farmers Left Without Crop Insurance as Unusual Rains Cause Massive Damage

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In the past few years, Telangana has seen successive seasons of unusual rainfall, resulting in significant crop damage. The Telangana government opted out of the Central government’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, and the Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme in kharif 2020, claiming that these were not beneficial …

Maharashtra: Over 7 lakh farmers call insurance firms to inform about crop damages due to excessive rain
3 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra: Over 7 lakh farmers call insurance firms to inform about crop damages due to excessive rain

India TV News  

More than seven lakh farmers in Maharashtra have called up insurance companies during the current monsoon season to inform about crop damage due to excessive rainfall, officials said. Besides crop damage, the farmers also informed about washing away of their farm soil, damages caused to cattle sheds and other issues, he said. The number of such calls from farmers jumped …

As climate change disrupts supply chains, American life is poised to change drastically
3 years, 4 months ago

As climate change disrupts supply chains, American life is poised to change drastically

Salon  

When scientists talk about global warming, they often rattle off the ways in which it will turn our planet into something out of apocalyptic fiction. He said that current climate model projections are likely "underestimating the impact climate change is having on extreme summer weather events." "Various hazard events can disrupt food supply chains by impairing production of and access …

Farmers want more flexibility in dealing with drought
3 years, 5 months ago

Farmers want more flexibility in dealing with drought

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota agriculture officials are asking the federal government to give farmers and ranchers more flexibility in dealing with drought conditions that have parched the state. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring wants federal permission to let farmers plant cover crops on land they can’t use for cash crops. But farmers say the ability to plant a cover crop …

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