Crazy climate destroys crops, farewell to one in four fruit in Italy, warns Coldiretti

게시됨 2021년 9월 7일

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Italy has seen a significant decrease in fruit production in 2021, with a 27% drop resulting in the loss of nearly a quarter of the country's fruit production. This decline, caused by extreme weather conditions including droughts, water surges, hailstorms, and frost, has affected various fruits such as apples, pears, plums, kiwis, apricots, and peaches. This situation has led to increased costs for consumers and challenges for producers, with the fruit and vegetable sector in Italy providing 40% of Italy's agriculture jobs and generating a revenue of 15 billion euros annually. Coldiretti, the organization that reported these findings, is advocating for the adoption of risk management measures to mitigate the effects of climate change on agriculture.

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A dramatic situation for producers affected by the disasters, but one that also affects consumers who have had to deal with a more expensive shopping cart The crazy climate upsets nature with the farewell to almost one in four fruit in Italy due to the collapse of over 27% of national production in a 2021 marked on average by almost six extreme events a day including droughts, water bombs, violent hailstorms and frost that heavily compromised the crops. This is what emerges from Coldiretti's analysis of "2021, the black year of Made in Italy fruit" published on the occasion of Macfrut in Rimini, the largest exhibition of Made in Italy fruit and vegetables, based on the European database Severe Weather Database (Eswd). The anomalous climatic trend with hot winter, frost in spring and a summer divided between African heat, drought and violent storms - underlines Coldiretti - first damaged the blooms and then the fruits with the Made in Italy crops that fell at least since the ...

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