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"The damage we see from this destruction is much more than destroying buildings. You can rebuild a house, but as a farmer, when you lose your yields over many seasons, you lose everything,” says George Mitri, director of the Land and Natural Resources programme at Lebanon’s University of Balamand"

#Israel #Lebanon #Agriculture #Farming

Cattle, crops and ancient olive groves: Lebanon’s farmers ‘lose everything’ to Israeli bombs | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/12/cattle-crops-and-ancient-olive-groves-lebanons-farmers-lose-everything-to-israeli-bombs?CMP=firstedition_email


New York farmers trying to cope with the warmest October in human history, which has led to forest/brush fires in the Catskills and New Jersey, and turned the soil into superdry dust, making it impossible to plant cover crops or otherwise prepare fields for spring planting.

#ClimateDiary #NYpol #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Farming

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/praying-for-rain-how-new-york-farmers-are-dealing-with-drought-and-unexpected-brush-fires/


"As Earth’s temperature rises, agricultural practices will need to adapt. Droughts will likely become more frequent, and some land may no longer be arable."

"On top of that is the challenge of feeding an ever-growing population without expanding the production of fertilizer and other agrochemicals, which have a large carbon footprint that is contributing to the overall warming of the planet.

"Researchers across MIT are taking on these agricultural challenges from a variety of angles."

https://news.mit.edu/2024/making-agriculture-more-resilient-climate-change-1101

#Agriculture #Farming #Science #Nature #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #MIT


Always ready to provide every possible assistance to farmers: Nitish Kumar.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_always_ready_to_help_farmers_nitish

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #jdu #nitishkumar #farming #farmers #kharif #rice #CropProcurement #msp #governance #mandi

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"Scientists have been concerned that H5N1 might spread to pigs, which are considered “mixing bowl” species for flu viruses because they carry the same kind of receptors on cells in their lungs as humans and birds."

H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.

#H5N1 #Agriculture #Farming

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/health/bird-flu-pig-oregon?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn


#hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade. The #mammals were once common across #Europe but #urbandevelopment has pushed them towards #extinction
While hedgehogs were once common across Europe, and were until now listed as of “least concern” on the red list, they are being pushed towards extinction by urban development, intensive #farming and #roads, which have fragmented their #habitat. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/hedgehogs-near-threatened-red-list-decline-over-past-decade #environment #ecology #gardens #wildlife #nature