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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...