Unusual weather phenomena turned out to be an unexpected reason for the collapse of the olive harvest. Experts say that the coming harvest may be the worst in 25 years and starting in April, Italy will have to resort to imports.
Such a sharp drop in the production of olives caused protests of thousands of Italian farmers in the capital of Italy in early March. Thus, the population is trying to draw the attention of the government to the critical situation with the harvest of the dominant oilseed crop in the country.
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Professor Riccardo Valentini, Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Change, commented on the situation in Italy: and a dangerous fall in the national economy. "
According to preliminary estimates, later critical weather conditions, Italy alone has suffered losses of about 1 billion euros in the production of olive oil.
The European Food Commission suggests that in addition to Italy, the harvest of olives in 2019–2020 will decrease by an average of 20% in Portugal and 42% in Greece. In addition, there are sources whose forecasts indicate that the final figures may be significantly worse.
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