Elephants Ravage Farmland in Thalavadi Hills, Farmers Seek Relief
Wild elephants are destroying farms in Thalavadi Hills. Farmers are losing crops and money. They want the forest department to help and pay for the damage.
#ElephantDamage, #ThalavadiFarms, #CropLoss, #WildlifeConflict, #FarmerHelp
Elephants are entering farms in Thalavadi Hills and destroying crops like bananas and sugarcane. Farmers are losing a lot of money and are asking for help from the forest department. They want the damage to be paid for and for steps to be taken to stop this from happening again.
#ElephantDamage, #ThalavadiFarms, #CropLoss, #WildlifeConflict, #FarmerHelp
🥔🧅🚨 Immer häufiger melden Landwirte in Süddeutschland matschige Kartoffeln – verursacht durch die Pflanzenkrankheit #Stolbur.
Hauptüberträger ist die unscheinbare, vom #Klimawandel begünstigte Schilf-Glasflügelzikade. Auch Zuckerrüben und Zwiebeln sind betroffen. Der Schaden reicht bis zum Totalausfall.
Bild: Michael F. Schönitzer, Wikimedia
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https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Zikade-verursacht-welke-Kartoffeln-Ernte-in-Gefahr-article25821919.html
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Background Investing in postharvest technologies is one way of reducing food losses with the aim of achieving food security, but it is often overlooked. In this study, we assessed the losses and costs associated with the harvest and postharvest practices used by smallholder bean farmers in Uganda. We also estimated the grain Moisture Content (MC) associated with traditional storage practices. Results Harvest and postharvest handling practices result in a loss of about 22% of the crop harvest. The cost associated with this loss is 17% of the output value. In addition, the common storage practices used by farmers are unable to maintain the required grain MC of ≤ 13%. As even a slight change in grain MC can significantly impact storage duration, we found that 74% of farmers fail to meet the required MC, resulting in a loss of anticipated price premiums over an average storage duration of 80 days. Our econometric estimates suggest that storing grain in bags placed above the floor surface could reduce MC by an additional 1.5%. Conclusions Our predictions indicate that farmers who use traditional practices should store bean grains for less than 60 days, or they should adopt better storage practices to increase shelf life and ensure food safety. If more farmers had placed their grain above the floor surface, 48% rather than 26% would have met the required MC at 90 days. It is worth noting that poor postharvest handling has significant economic implications and can lead to food safety concerns due to quality failures in the grain. To address these issues, there is a need to scale up interventions that increase farmer access to postharvest technologies.
#Vermont: State officials inspect flooded farms as growers grapple with #CropLoss
by Hailey Morgan
Published: Jul. 24, 2023 at 5:42 AM EDT
"ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont lost nearly 10,000 acres of #crops-- with likely more to be discovered-- after the flooding two weeks ago. State leaders say farmers also reported losing poultry in the flooding. But farmers across the state are now grappling with the overall impact the flood had on their bottom line and what it could mean for the fall harvest.
"Monday, state and federal leaders toured the damage. 'A lot of stuff is injured,' said Paul Mazza of Paul Mazza Fruit and Vegetable.
"Mazza owns hundreds of acres of fields throughout Essex, Jericho, Williston and Colchester. After the flooding earlier this month, he says he lost upward of two-thirds of his crops including apples, berries, corn and other vegetables.
"'If you stick your head underwater and you don’t get air, you’re going to have brain damage and you’re never coming back. That’s basically what happened to a lot of the plants. They are injured too bad to be healthy,' he said."
https://www.wcax.com/2023/07/24/state-officials-inspect-damage-flooded-vt-farms/
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