But a severe drought gripping much of Spain threatens to shrivel their harvest this year. "We are used to a lack of water, but not to this point," said Elvira. The region used to get 800 litres ...

Many Andalusian farmers fear a repeat of last year's disastrous olive harvest - Copyright AFP Patrick T. FALLON Many Andalusian farmers fear a repeat of last year's ...

Extreme heat, wildfires and drought have decimated much of the world’s olive harvest yet again ... a Chicago-based market research firm. Spain, the source of half the world’s olive oil ...

Spanish farmers are grappling with heat waves and water scarcity. Grains and olives are going dry. Critics say the farmers themselves are partly to blame, as Ralph Schulze reports from Madrid.

When Manuel Lavao planted some of Europe’s very first avocado orchards in 1978 in La Axarquía, a sun-soaked stretch of southern Spain, he helped usher in decades of growth for the continent’s ...

Big falls in Spain and Italy, which was 12% down on 2022, have contributed to a scant harvest across Europe – output for the EU is predicted to fall by 6% in total. Erratic weather events including ...

In the scorching heat, Felipe Elvira inspects the branches of his olive trees on a dusty hillside in southern Spain. Olive trees cover many hillsides in southern Spain but a severe drought ...

The ground is very dry," worries Cristobal Cano, secretary general of the small farmers' union (UPA) in the southern region of Andalusia, the heart of Spain's olive oil industry. Cano, who owns 10 ...

But a severe drought gripping much of Spain threatens to shrivel their harvest this year. “We are used to a lack of water, but not to this point,” said Elvira. The region used to get 800 ...