The Valencian agricultural sector in Spain suffers serious damage due to the DANA, especially in fruit trees and rice fields

The DANA leaves 47,376 hectares of agricultural land flooded in Valencia, which represents 89.2% of the total surface area affected by the flood, according to the analysis of Fincalista, a portal for buying, selling and leasing farms and land, which belongs to the agricultural asset manager Generandi. The Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA) that hit the Spanish east on October 29 has caused an unprecedented disaster in multiple sectors, and one of the most affected is the agricultural sector. The intense rains and the overflow of the Turia and Júcar rivers have turned large areas of the Valencian coastal plain into a flooded landscape, devastating fields and destroying crops. Fruit trees and rice fields: the main victims of the DANA The Valencian plain, crossed by the Júcar and Turia rivers, as well as numerous ravines, has been cultivated for centuries, with much of its land used for fruit trees and rice fields. These crops, essential to the region's agricultural economy, ...