US EditionThirsty Farms, Empty Returns
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Artificial irrigation can no longer be thought away from Greece's agriculture - water is becoming scarcer. On the Cyclades island of Sifnos, a farmer tries to go another way. From M. Pompl and A. Saltampasi.
Thirsty Farms, Empty Returns
DOUGLAS RASBASH, Special Correspondent Botswana allocates nearly half of its freshwater—about 83 million cubic metres annually—to agriculture. Yet the sector contributes only 1.6% to the country’s formal GDP. This mismatch between water use and output highlights a major inefficiency in how national resources are being used. Low Output, High Water Use Botswana ranks among the…
Finally, fraud by Greek farmers in subsidies has led to the closure of the competent authority.
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