Ukraine’s farmers pin hopes on export corridor as war cost mounts
KYIV/PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s efforts to revive sea exports in defiance of Russia’s military blockade have given a glimmer of hope to a teetering farm sector in which loss-making producers are abandoning some land in one of the world’s biggest grain belts. With no end in sight to the war with Russia, access […]
1.17 lakh fishermen in Barishal div yet to receive food aid as hilsha ban ends
TBS Report 04 November, 2023, 09:50 pm Last modified: 04 November, 2023, 10:02 pm The total number of registered fishermen in Barishal division is 4,25,009. Photo: TBS “> The total number of registered fishermen in Barishal division is 4,25,009. Photo: TBS Yusuf Bepari, a fisherman of Bhelumia Union in Bhola, who registered under the fisheries […]
Can pre-disaster cash and aid help fix climate loss and damage?
DHAKA/KURIGRAM, Bangladesh – In northern Bangladesh, where annual monsoon floods on the Brahmaputra River often ravage crops and homes, farmers are limiting losses thanks to a system for early warning and aid. Hasan Ali, 50, a farmer from Chilmari in Kurigram district, received fodder for his livestock 10 days before last year’s flood from the […]
ANALYSIS-Can pre-disaster cash and aid help fix climate ‘loss and damage’? | Science-Environment
* Early action before disasters can reduce losses * In Bangladesh, pre-emptive aid saves farms from floods * COP28 due to set up new climate loss and damage fund By Md. Tahmid Zami and Mosabber Hossain DHAKA/KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I n northern Bangladesh, where annual monsoon floods on the […]
Local beef farmer to supply brisket for Farm Aid Festival – The Daily Reporter – Greenfield Indiana
HANCOCK COUNTY — Coming off one of their busiest months, attracting over 7,000 visitors interested in their meat products to their website, the owners of Tyner Pond Farm found out they will be one of the farms supplying food for this year’s Farm Aid Music Festival on Saturday in Noblesville. “It’s super exciting and humbling […]
Farm Aid 2023: What to Expect
SUPPORTING FARMERS … Music and food festival highlights Indiana farms, businesses and organizations PUBLISHED ON September 19, 2023 Farm Aid 2023, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 23, at Ruoff Music Center, will showcase an all-star lineup of musical artists — all donating their performances in support of family farmers and good food. (Courtesy Logo) INDIANAPOLIS — […]
Appropriate farm scale mechanization can aid in agroecological transformation
A bale of grass and maize stalks made in a bailer. (Photo: CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology) A case of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology in Zimbabwe Authors: Vimbayi Chimonyo (CIMMYT – scientist, crop modeler), Frederic Baudron (CIMMYT – cropping systems agronomist), Dorcas Matangi (CIMMYT – assistant research associate) Food systems in marginal areas of Zimbabwe are […]
Quebec farmers seek government aid as crops devastated by heavy rains
Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Local Business Existing relief programs are not designed to mitigate growing risks of climate change, their association says. Author of the article: The Canadian Press Pierre Saint-Arnaud Published Aug 05, 2023 • 5 minute read Soggy farmland is seen in Commerce, Mo., on April 27, 2011. Vegetable and berry producers […]
UK sets out support to make Nigeria’s agriculture sector more climate- resilient
[1/2]A farmer carries a basin of cassava after a harvest on a farm in Oyo, Nigeria May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will set out a new package of support to make Nigeria’s agriculture sector more climate-resilient during a visit to the African country this week, […]
USDA opens application process for farm discrimination aid
Vilsack The Agriculture Department on Friday opened the financial assistance application process for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs before January 2021 under Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). “The opening of the application process is an important step in delivering on our commitment of […]