Farmer Andrea Ferrini is on the frontline of climate change in Italy and it is hurting.
First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in a hard frost, then they were hit by torrential rains and record flooding, followed by an exceptional heatwave and finally hail storms.
Ferrini, 52, has owned a farm in the fertile Emilia-Romagna region since 2003. He has 15 hectares of vines and orchards, which produce kiwi and peaches, and also grows corn. According to the Coldiretti agricultural association, more than 5,000 farms were left under water in the region, which accounts for a third of Italy's fruit"The flood meant that the plants, which were in the midst of a vegetative recovery , suffered water stress and went into crisis," Ferrini said."We are being hit hard by the heatwave which is putting the plants under strain.
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