Charlie Devereux, Antonella Cinelli and Corina Pons of Reuters report on the ways in which European farmers are responding to climate change.
- Vineyards and olive groves in Spain and Italy have been hit especially hard by climate change, forcing many farmers to adapt with traditional methods and cutting-edge technology.
- Farmers in Spain are beginning to install cover crops in between olive trees to conserve water, prevent erosion, and reduce the impacts of flash flooding.
- Italy’s farmers, which are already using cover crops, have turned to technology and sensors to monitor air and soil moisture levels.
“Spanish farmer Miguel Moreno was an early adopter of so-called cover crops. He began growing grasses alongside trees almost 30 years ago to stop water draining away down the hill on his 74-hectare olive grove in the southern region of Andalusia.”
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