The climate crisis is having a
profound impact on agricultural production in Italy with the
growing cultivation of tropical fruit such as mango, avocado and
banana and the migration of crops further north, farmers'
association Coldiretti said on Tuesday.
One thousand hectares of farmland are already devoted to mango
production as a result of rising temperatures and more intense
rainfall, according to Coldiretti.
The 'tropicalisation' of crops is particularly marked in the
southern regions of Sicily, Puglia and Calabria, although
changes are also clearly visible in other parts of the country.
The Po valley running west-east across north Italy is
increasingly becoming host to typically Mediterranean crops such
as wheat and tomatoes grown for producing sauce, while the
grapes at the base of Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle Dop are
grown at 1.200 m above sea level in the Val d'Aosta in the
highest vineyards in Europe.
Likewise, olive trees are populating the Valtellina valley in
the alps, with approximately 10,000 specimens planted in the
last ten years.
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