Jasper Y. Arcalas – February 10, 2020 The country’s abaca production last year fell by almost 8 percent to 70,000 metric tons, from 76,000 MT in 2018 due to unfavorable weather conditions, […]
Millions in Zimbabwe facing starvation after severe droughts, UN food agency says
By Mark Chingono and Bukola Adebayo August 7, 2019 A woman fetches water from a spring in Harare. Harare (CNN)More than two million people in Zimbabwe are facing starvation after a severe […]
How El Niño is threatening livelihoods
El Niño-driven drought has already left more than 34 million people hungry in Eastern and Southern Africa, and this is set to double in 2016. ActionAid is helping people in the countries most […]
Central American farmers suffer major crop losses, need food aid – U.N.
Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation May 2, 2019 Farmers in the ‘Dry Corridor’ lost more than half of their maize and beans in 2018 to climate-linked drought or unusually heavy rain BOGOTA, […]
Socio-Economic Impacts of El Niño
Comprehensive list of recent and historical El Niño / La Niña impacts. Read Reports to the Nation on our Changing Planet: El Niño and Climate Prediction (PDF), and find more impacts information in […]
Lack Of Cooperation From State Governments, Key Factor For Non-Compliance In Crop Insurance Schemes: Gajendra Shekhawat, MoS, Ministry Of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Indian Monsoon has a direct relationship with the global climate change, which is evidently showing impact across the country in forms like the early and the late arrival of monsoon, temporal fluctuation […]
El Nino will not likely hurt anchovy catches in Peru-industry
MARCH 28, 2017 Reporting By Teresa Cespedes, Writing By Mitra Taj; Editing by Christian Schmollinger LIMA (Reuters) – The localized El Nino phenomenon that has unleashed deadly downpours in Peru is unlikely […]