Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn
Associated PressMADRID — Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail entirely in four regions, the main Spanish farmers’ association said on Thursday. Spain’s long-term drought is causing “irreversible losses” to more than 3.5 million hectares of crops, the Coordinator of Farmers’ and Ranchers’ Organizations said in a new report. Three years of very low rainfall and high temperatures have put Spain officially into long-term drought, the country’s weather agency said last month. “While there have been improvements in irrigation systems to make them more efficient, this is becoming a very, very difficult situation for crops that rely on rainwater, like cereals, almonds and our vineyards.” Spain as a whole has warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius since the 1960s, according to weather agency data, a phenomenon that is noticeable year-round but especially in summer, when the average temperatures are 1.6 C higher than they were decades ago.
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