Significantly fewer French potatoes and vegetables, some fruits escape misery
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France
Published Sep 28, 2022
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France, like many European countries, is struggling this year with very erratic weather conditions, writes Agrobericht Buitenland. Drought, forest fires, successive heat waves and heavy rain or hail showers that have serious consequences. Meteo France reports that this summer was the hottest summer ever, except for 2003. The French government set up a commission this summer to monitor the drought situation in agriculture and announced measures.
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France, like many European countries, is struggling this year with very erratic weather conditions, writes Agrobericht Buitenland. Drought, forest fires, successive heat waves and heavy rain or hail showers that have serious consequences. Meteo France reports that this summer was the hottest summer ever after 2003. The French government set up a commission this summer to monitor the drought situation in agriculture and announced measures. The picture varies by sector. Read below the article by Agrobericht Buitenland about the consequences of the drought in France. First figuresIn the agricultural pasture areas, the situation has deteriorated further since July. The cumulative production of permanent grassland has been 21% below normal since the beginning of the year. This is due to too little rainfall and the extremely hot weather in July. The shortage varies by region. It is particularly large in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where it reaches 60%. In Occitania and Hauts-de-France, ...
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