Drought News

Half the world's population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.

A mockingbird that sowed the seeds of evolution in the mind of Charles Darwin stands on the precipice of extinction, with no more than about 100 breeding pairs left alive in its home on the enchanted Pacific ...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 10:26 am Press Release: United Nations Stealing a march on winter, UN pre-positions food aid for hungry Afghans 17 November 2008 – The United Nations World Food Programme has ...

Randolph County is one of 28 Indiana counties eligible to receive more than $13 million in Emergency Conservation Program funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help landowners remove debris from ...

The latest drought survey revealed a mixed bag of results in Alabama. The U.S. Drought Monitor Survey shows 73% of the state is now under some stage of drought.

By Colleen Dardagan Millions of rands spent by the government on land reform projects in Zululand have been wasted so far, with many farms handed to farmers since 2004 lying abandoned and derelict.

" Moving forward on the City's plan to conserve and recycle enough water to meet 100 percent of new demand, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, joined by Councilmember Jack Weiss, Councilmember Eric Garcetti, and Los ...

Dry pea and lentil production has plummeted in Montana and North Dakota, the nation`s top producing states.

With winter approaching, the National Weather Service warns that "hazardous weather can strike with little notice.

Texas AgriLife Research cotton experts working in the 'world's biggest cotton patch' have a silent thief under surveillance who often makes off with a quarter of the southern High Plains cotton crop annually - ...

About 100,000 farmers from across Karnataka made a beeline to an agriculture fair in India's silicon hub Thursday for a glimpse of the new crop varieties, developed by the University of Agricultural Sciences .

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky farmers have plenty of crops to harvest from their fields, but that may not equal a lot of money in their bank accounts.

Richlands farmer Ricky Watkins' corn crop took a hit this year. "I am used to getting around 130 bushels per acre, and this year I averaged 48 maybe 50 overall," he said.

Eastern Montana dry pea and lentil farmer Jim Squires retired this year, then watched as crops on his rented-out land withered in dry weather.

COCAINE use in inner-city Sydney and across NSW is the highest it has ever been, outstripping the coke heydays of the early 2000s, new crime statistics show.

The U.S. Drought Monitor Survey shows 73% of the state is under some stage of drought.

Burley tobacco farmers have grown accustomed to seeing production decline in recent years, as high costs and few profits pushed many growers away.

At least 300,000 people will require humanitarian aid in the next three months due to flash flooding and landslides, as well as continuing conflict, the Kenya Red Cross Society warned.

UN: High food prices help Afghans drop opium Comments ROME - High food prices are encouraging many Afghan farmers to switch to food crops and drop poppy cultivation, a top U.N. official said Friday.

Bulgaria: Growth slows to 5.6 percent in 3Q Comments SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's rapid economic growth cooled to a 5.6 percent rate in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, down from a 7.1 percent in ...