Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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As Australia dries, a global shortage of rice
DENILIQUIN, Australia: Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. "It was our little heartbeat out there, tickety-tick-tickety," he said, imitating the giant fans that dried the rice, "and now it has stopped." The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere, once processed enough grain to satisfy the daily needs of 20 million people. But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia's rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.
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Australian drought creates global rice shortage
Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. "It was our little heartbeat out there, ticketytick-tickety," he said, imitating the giant fans that dried the rice, "and now it has stopped." The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere, once processed enough grain to meet the needs of 20 million people around the world. But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia's rice crop by 98 per cent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.
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Global rice prices doubled over last three months
The collapse of Australia's rice production is one of several factors contributing to a doubling of rice prices in the last three months - increases that have led the world's largest exporters to restrict exports severely, spurred panicked hoarding in Hong Kong and the Philippines, and set off protests in countries including Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, the Philippines, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Yemen, the New York Times reported yesterday.
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A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice
Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. "It was our little heartbeat out there, tickety-tick-tickety,' he said, imitating the giant fans that dried the rice, "and now it has stopped.' Has the increase in food prices caused you to change your buying habits?
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China's '08 Wheat Harvest Seen Ample Despite Drought
China's '08 Wheat Harvest Seen Ample Despite Drought CHINA: April 15, 2008 BEIJING - China will have an ample harvest of winter wheat in 2008 as higher yields and increased acreage offset the impact of severe drought, industry officials said on Monday. The winter wheat output will grow 1.3 percent this year to 102.6 million tonnes, lifting China's total wheat output, including spring wheat, to 107.6 million tonnes this year, up 2.5 percent from 2007, the China National Grain and Oil Information Centre said.
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Dwindling stocks
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China Drought Leaves 670,000 Without Drinking Water
China Drought Leaves 670,000 Without Drinking Water CHINA: April 14, 2008 BEIJING - A drought in China's northeast Liaoning province has left nearly 700,000 people without drinking water after rainfall in the first three months of 2008 tumbled to one-fifth levels last year, the Xinhua agency said on Sunday. The area is a top grain producer, and maize and rice farming is due to begin next week, but from January to the end of March it had got less than 2 centimetres (less than an inch) of rain.
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Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation FAO
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
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Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation FAO
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
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The blue revolution, drop by drop, gene by gene
Researchers probe the secrets of how plants cope with water stress to improve crop yields.