New to South Africa, saffron holds promise
Graaff Reinet (South Africa) (AFP) - Livestock farmer Joe Kroon turned to saffron in desperation when drought threatened his livelihood ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Tag: drought
Fears for crops as drought hits northern Europe
Paris (AFP) - Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from ...
Coffee price heats up on tight Brazil crop fears
London (AFP) - The price of Arabica coffee hit the highest level since 1977 on Wednesday, approaching a record high ...
Panama Canal crossings down 29 percent due to drought
Panama City (AFP) - Traffic in the Panama Canal fell by 29 percent over the past year due to a ...
Brazil’s farmers fret over fires and drought
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Sugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the ...
In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea
Campobello di Mazara (Italy) (AFP) - Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the ...
Harvest starts very early in Sicily’s drought-hit vineyards
Contessa Entellina (Italy) (AFP) - On the hills of the Contessa Entellina vineyard in western Sicily, the harvest is already ...
Cambodia’s famed Kampot pepper withers in scorching heatwave
Kampot (Cambodia) (AFP) - Farmer Chhim Laem shakes his head as he walks between long rows of dead bushes, their ...
Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat drought
Al-Azrakiya (Iraq) (AFP) - After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father's parched ...
Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh water as drought brings salinisation
Bến Tre (Vietnam) (AFP) - Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the ...
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