Warm, burned fruit and vegetables in Lombardy, Italy
Fruits
Vegetables
Italy
Published Jul 16, 2022
Tridge summary
Damage to peppers, pumpkins and melons between Brianza, Bergamo and Bresciano
Original content
The great heat is burning fruit and vegetables in the fields besieged by drought. This is what emerges from a monitoring of Coldiretti Lombardia while the whole region is preparing to experience torrid days with the minimum and maximum temperatures expected constantly above the averages of at least three to five degrees and with peaks close to 40 degrees. “In particular - explains Coldiretti Lombardia - between Brianza, Bergamasca and Bresciano there are cases of peppers, pumpkins and melons burned by the heat with farmers trying to run for cover shading the products, even through grass and leaves as natural barriers. Hot burns irreversibly damage fruit and vegetables, making them unsaleable ". Abnormal events A situation that is added to the other damage caused to agriculture by extreme events and drought, in a 2022 that in Italy is classified in the first half of the year as the hottest year ever with a temperature even higher than 0.76 degrees compared to historical average, ...
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