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Due to the rains, the supply of fruits and vegetables in Western Europe is in question

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Published Jul 20, 2021

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Heavy rains in recent days in Western Europe have led to devastating floods in Belgium and Germany, where at least 1,300 people have disappeared. Many houses and residential areas in the Netherlands flooded, reports the portal hortidaily.com.

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Widespread phenomena have led to catastrophic consequences for the fruit and vegetable industry of European countries. Rainfall caused the greatest damage to German agriculture, where arable land and pastures, as well as orchards and vineyards, were under water. Surviving crops are unlikely to yield a large crop. The German regions of Rhineland-Palatinate and South North Rhine-Westphalia are among the main areas affected by the floods. Farmers currently provide tractors and equipment for both harvesting and post-disaster recovery. Christian Frey of the German company Gemüsebau Frey said: "The rain has damaged almost all farmers. In the Palatinate, where the largest open areas with vegetables are located, there is no way to calculate the losses. "This is a catastrophe," said Sepp Eger, owner of Gemüsebau Egger in Burgeln, in an interview with German TVO. The farmer shows the ready-to-harvest cauliflower, which is under a layer of mud. According to Manuel Strupler, president of the ...
Source: Agrozona
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