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Locusts pose crop damage threat

March 31, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Low density swarms of locusts are on the move in northern and central Victoria.

The locusts, helped by northerly winds, have been spotted in scattered sites across the region.

The Victorian plague locust commissioner, Gordon Berg, says the warm and wet weather is ideal for the pests.

He warns some crop damage is possible.

“For farmers in particular we’d recommend them monitoring the situation and looking for any signs of egg laying, because if they do lay eggs, the eggs will stay in the ground now during the winter and perhaps hatch in spring,” Mr Berg said.

“So we’d be wanting to know where egg laying is occurring.”

The Department of Primary Industries says people should report any sightings of significant locust numbers.

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Flood situation grim in Madhya Pradesh

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Hoshangabad (MP), Sep 12 (ANI): Floods situation continued to remain grim in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.

Incessant rains, which have lashed Madhya Pradesh for last few days, have led to water overflowing many dams, submerging low lying areas.

State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made an aerial survey of the flood-affected region on Friday.

“River Narmada is flowing above the danger level and due to this many villages have been inundated and water has entered many houses. Tributaries flowing in the catchments areas are also flowing above the danger level due to incessant rains and this has resulted in crop damage,” he added.

Air Force helicopters were pressed into rescue and army men took marooned people to safety.

State’s disaster management agencies and district collectors have been alerted. A relief and rescue plan has been worked out in case the situation worsens.

Monsoon has revived over northern India after deficit rainfall in July and August, bringing rains in the Indo-Gangetic plains and snow in the Himalayas.

Two days of rainy weather has caused floods as water level rose in rivers and reservoirs. (ANI)

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“Blight” may play spoilsport for farmers’ hope of good crop in Punjab

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Amritsar, Aug.31 (ANI): Punjab farmers were full of optimism of harvesting a bumper crop of paddy despite a delayed monsoon, but now they fear crop damage due to attack of “Blight”, a bacterial disease.

Worried farmers allege that the agriculture department is not guiding them how to protect their crop from Blight. owever, at several places, the farmers, who had transplanted paddy, which was in good shape earlier, seem to be fighting a fast losing battle because of the widespread attack of “Blight”.

In various affected villages in the border districts of Amritsar and Gurdaspur, the farmers today estimate nearly 50 percent of damage to paddy due to “Blight”, if it’s not controlled in time.

“The disease appeared as yellowish green stripes running from tip downwards and the affected leaf started drying from the margins. Since most of the farmers are unaware about the remedies so agriculture department should come forward to educate the farmers to tackle this problem,” said Jagdev Singh, one of the farmers.

Mangdev Singh, Sarpanch (village head) of Chiina Pati Village said, “Blight has dashed our hopes. We were expecting very good returns from paddy. In all the 500 acres of village paddy was transplanted. “Blight” attack has started in patches. If we fail to control, this could cause damage of al the crop here.

Singh said that they have contacted the department. Though the Agricultural Department accepts the damage to crops, it is not prepared to quantify it as yet.

In Amritsar district alone, of the nearly 183,000 hectares of land, Basmati was transplanted in about 90,000 hectares of land and in the rest of the farming land other variety of paddy was transplanted.

According to Gurdeep Singh, an Agriculture Development Officer, the disease has been noticed in all varieties of paddy grown in the areas of border belt.

“Since the disease develops more in high humid conditions, farmers should not allow stagnation of water in the fields.

Farmers should not spray pesticides to control the disease, as these are not effective against it,” said Gurdeep Singh. By Ravinder Singh Robin (ANI)

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Summer of 2050 to be exceptionally hot

August 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, August 20 (ANI): New analysis of climate model projections suggest that in the US, the average number of days in August with temperatures over 95 degrees Fahrenheit could nearly triple by 2050, and the average number of days over 100 degrees could nearly double.

Beyond being uncomfortable, these projected increases in extreme heat will have important societal impacts, including: heat stress mortality in humans and livestock; increases in peak energy demand; crop damage; and increased demand for water

The analysis was done by researchers at Climate Central, US, to illustrate expected increases in extreme summer heat in the country.

According to Climate Central’s Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Ben Strauss, the numbers are not predictions.

“We’re talking about best estimates and averages. No matter how close the projections turn out to be, some years will have more hot August days, and others will have fewer,” he said.

Staff scientists drew on regional scenarios from a dozen highly sophisticated computer climate models to compare 1980 and 1990 averages with 2050 projections in three categories, namely, average number of days in August over 90, average number of days in August over 95, average number of days in August over 100.

All of these measures were projected to increase or stay level in every city analyzed.

The bottom line is that locations across the US are likely to experience significant jumps in the number of extreme hot days in August and other summer months, from New York to Los Angeles, and from Florida to the Midwest to Seattle, which just experienced an unusual heat wave earlier this summer.

Worldwide, since 1995, tens of thousands of people have died in heat waves.

Other important impacts include increases in demand for energy (particularly electricity for cooling), and increases in urban and agricultural water demand.

The severity of increases in extreme heat and their impacts will depend on the extent of future use of fossil fuels.

“We do have some choice here,” said Dr. Berrien Moore III, Climate Central’s Executive Director. “How hot it will get will depend on the choices we make about energy and transportation in the years to come,” he added. (ANI)

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Farmers in Maharashtra burn crops

April 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Aurangabad, Apr 2 (ANI): Farmers in Maharashtra burnt their crops after they suffered heavy losses due to damage to hybrid orange in the region, on account of water shortage.

Villages in the outskirts of Aurangabad like Paithon, Pachod, Adul and Rihandawa are the worst affected.

More than three thousand farmers are affected by the crop damage as approximately around 3,053 hectares of hybrid orange farms have dried up in the area. There is massive water shortage in the villages, even for daily use.

“For the past eight years, there is water scarcity in the area as it has not rained much. We tried irrigating our fields through water tankers. But, it did not help us. Panchod, Adul and Rihandawa villages are affected. Now, farmers are cutting trees and burning their farms”, said Habib Khan Pathan, a farmer of Panchod village.

Earlier, these villages were known for good production of hybrid orange crops which brought profits to the farmers. But the situation is bad now.

“I had no job. So I started farming. The rainfall was very scanty and there is water shortage in the region. I paid four hundred rupees for water tankers. I got benefit just for one year. After that I faced huge losses. The representatives of our village are doing nothing to help us. Now, I have no option but to burn my dry farms,” said Buvan, a farmer of Adul village.

Though, these farmers have approached government for help, no aid has reached them yet.

In India, annual monsoon rains are crucial for good yield. The four-month monsoon is the main source of water for most farmers.

India is basically an agricultural economy and about 600 million of the billion-plus population depends on agriculture for a living. By Abdul Hadi (ANI)

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