Heat and drought are crushing bean production in Greece

High temperatures and drought in Kastoria have created serious problems for bean crops. Mr. Thomas Manos, producer from Argos Orestiko and president of the Agricultural Association, told AgroTypos that "for several days now we have had very high temperatures in the area. They hit the beans at the flowering stage and caused serious problems at fruit set. We have similar problems in other bean producing areas, such as Amyntaio and Prespes. There are also serious problems from the lack of moisture. The destruction is great and the producers are living difficult times in the cultivation of the bean. ELGA agronomists should come to assess the damage to compensate the desperate bean growers. We knew that there would be problems with climate change but all the previous time we did not do any projects. The water table is very low. The irrigation networks have not ...