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Food and Drink

How a Croatian town uses a natural underwater cellar to age its wine

A unique geological phenomenon is transforming the world of wine in a small, coastal Croatian town.

06/08/2024

Markets

Price rises brewing for tea drinkers as extreme weather hits harvests

Extreme weather events such as floods and droughts are especially disruptive to tea production, as the crop often relies solely on rain for its water needs, with little facilities for irrigation and water processing.

13/07/2024

Climate

Unusually hot winter sees rare Czech almond grove bloom weeks early

Why does the Czech Republic have almond trees, and is climate change making them bloom too soon?

22/03/2024

Food and Drink

France overtakes Italy as world’s largest wine producer

Extreme weather conditions and fungal diseases have ravaged vineyards causing output to drop below 44 million hectolitres in 2023.

13/09/2023

Climate

Could climate change increase harvest-wrecking spring frosts?

Spring frosts can destroy an entire harvest. Does climate change make them more likely?

11/04/2023

Eco-Innovation

How this Turkish city is transforming its energy supply

The Antalya region accounts for one fifth of Turkish fruit and vegetable exports and is being reinvigorated by solar power.

05/01/2023

Belarus

Mobilise children to harvest potatoes and apples, says Lukashenko

"It will be happiness for the parents and good physical training for the children," said Lukashenko.

04/10/2022

Nature

Why sunflowers and dried mangoes are life-saving crops in Zimbabwe

Farmers in Gokwe South are experimenting with drought-resilient crops as climate change affects their harvests.

01/07/2022

No Comment

Rice harvest in Indonesia

Rice grown on terraces located on the Indonesian island of Bali, and declared a world cultural heritage by UNESCO, is harvested in the shadow of Batukaru Mountain, one of the highest peaks of Bali.

30/06/2022

Food and Drink

Ice Wine: It's ten below freezing, it must be harvest time

December’s warmer than average temperatures pushed back the harvesting, but a cold spell in January 2022 has had the pickers out in numbers.

17/01/2022

World News

Euroviews. Why Europe should partner the world’s smallholders to adopt big tech | View

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture has been a great opportunity to define the roles that we each can play in this move towards digitalisation but it is only the start. Devoting more time, energy and investment to this crucial area is in all of our interests if we are to guarantee our future

23/01/2019

Germany

Germany's winemakers relish in heatwave

Not everyone is complaining about the heatwave, which has swept across parts of Europe — Germany's winemakers are harvesting early thanks to the hot and dry weather.

07/08/2018

World News

Some farmers face bankrupcy over devastated harvests

A European-wide drought is devastating harvests leading to warnings about possible food price increases

01/08/2018

Germany

Germany's farmers urge government to act as heatwave threatens harvest

Farmers are calling on the government to declare a state of emergency as Northern and Eastern regions struggle to cope with the dry spell.

31/07/2018