AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClimate Resilience: After El Niño caused P3.5 billion in agricultural losses in the Philippines’ Agusan del Sur province, farmers and fishers are using weather forecasts to adjust planting and fieldwork. Afghanistan’s Poppy Rebound: Opium cultivation surged fivefold as farmers facing hunger and poor returns from legal crops returned to poppy, despite the Taliban ban, the UN reported. Farm Support: India will transfer Rs 18,680 crore to 9.34 crore farmers on October 30 through its PM-Kisan scheme. Risk Protection: Ghana’s agricultural insurance pool is promoting cover for seeds that fail to germinate after drought or excessive rain. Farmers’ Earnings: Tanzanian MPs urged the government to end a Sh240-per-kilogram cashew deduction used to repay old industry debts. Trade and Rice: India says its proposed US trade deal will not compromise farmers’ interests, while a new Salesforce partnership aims to expand water-saving rice practices across tens of thousands of Indian small farms.
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