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Displaying 360 of about 380 resultsRome - A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
With international support and an…
To combat climate change related problems that farmers face in the Nepali region, Dr Narahari P. Ghimire, senior agriculture dev. officer offers the following suggestions on the pages of The Himalayan Times:
"System for weather/climate data collection, forecasting and early warning system for climatic extremities should be developed while extreme clima…
As Europe’s climate warms, wine producers in Europe may need to change the type of grapes they cultivate or the location of vineyards, even moving production to other areas in some cases. This is just one example of how Europe’s economy and society need to adapt to climate change, as examined in a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).…
By Jazmin Burgess
When talking about the impacts of climate change on health, it is impossible to overlook the specific impacts on child health.
Climate change is increasingly putting children all over the world, but especially in the most vulnerable countries, at risk. Despite being least responsible for its causes, children are bearing the brunt of…
The way wildfires, pine beetles and the effects of climate change interact is more complicated than it seems, according to NBC News.
"The culprit here is the unusual weather conditions, which might become the new norm with climate change," said Jesse Logan, a retired U.S. Forest Service researcher who has spent decades studying the mountain pine beetle…
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Sacramento - California’s specialty crops account for more than half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables, and nuts as well as nearly $7 billion dollars of exports worldwide. California’s production of diverse specialty crops is threatened by potential climate-related phenomena, including reduced water supplies, increased plant heat stre…
Bamako - Swarms of locusts encouraged by early rains are breeding in the north of Mali and Niger, bringing a second generation of insects that could increase 250 fold by the end of this summer and put the livelihoods of up to 50 million people in the region at risk.
The new generation is expected to spread from rebel-held northern regions of the two W…
The number of wildfires, and the size of the population affected by them have significantly increased in Colorado, USA. However, public policies are worsening the state's fire risk situation, according to a KUNC I-News Network investigation. One quarter of the Colorado homes are actually built in areas that are at risk for the most dangerous wildfires,…
“With regard to climate change, the Southern Caucasus region already shows climate induced changes with increasing temperatures, sea level rise, reduction and redistribution of river flows, decreasing snowfall and an upward shift of the snowline. More extreme weather events have also characterized the last ten years with flooding, landslides, forest fir…
Strict vigilance required in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen
Rome - Unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen could favour Desert Locust breeding, FAO warned today, stressing that close monitoring is needed over the next six months to prevent the insects from forming destruc…
A joint Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Agriculture Victoria initiative to provide early warning of dangerous pest and disease incursions has been officially launched nationally.
Grow Notes Alert was released nationally at last week’s Birchip Cropping Group (BCG) main field day.
Already it has played a major role in the timely r…
By Keith Cressman
Drones could play an integral role in identifying and preventing desert locust swarms in the fight against this dangerous migratory pest
The desert locust is the world's most dangerous migratory pest with a voracious appetite unmatched in the insect world. Within the desert locust's range, which is equivalent to 20% of the earth's la…
This video, created by the Food Chain Crisis Management Framework of FAO shows why preventing transboundary diseases and pests and threats to the food chain saves lives, saves livelihoods, and saves money.
The human food chain is continuously threatened. Avian influenza, African swine fever, Peste des petits ruminants, locusts, wheat rust and food cont…
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and North Coast Local Land Services (LLS) have urged producers to monitor crops for fall armyworm damage this autumn to help develop a better understanding of the behaviour of the voracious pest in local farming systems.
NSW DPI research entomologist, Lisa Bird, said fall armyworm has been found in most areas…
Rome: Every year, up to 40 percent of global crop production - worth over $200 billion - is lost to plant pests and diseases.
The 15th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15) - the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)* - began meeting today to set standards to curb the spread of plant pests and review the st…