AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoFarm Costs: Scottish farms made an average £500 profit from agricultural activity in 2024–25, prompting NFU Scotland to call for emergency energy support and stronger safeguards for domestic food production. Drought Risks: A potential strong El Niño could threaten 44,772 hectares of rice and corn in the Philippines’ Cordillera region; in Telangana, farmers are already harvesting paddy early amid dry conditions, falling groundwater and power cuts. Land Rights: A new campaign in the Philippines aims to protect more than 250 Sariaya farming families who say they have lost rights to land awarded under agrarian reform. Farmer Finance: BRAC Bank and IFPRI plan digital payments and credit access for 50,000 farmers in Bangladesh, while an €85 million EIB Global–FCMB partnership will support Nigerian agriculture, with most funding directed to cocoa and dairy. Seeds and New Crops: Haiti is distributing vegetable seed kits to more than 2,000 farmers to boost local production, and a new field-pea variety is nearing its first commercial harvest in Australia. Harvest Under Threat: Palestinian farmers reported settler attacks and theft of olives and equipment during the West Bank harvest.
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