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Less fruit and vegetables due to heat

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Austria has less fruit and vegetables this year. The reason is big heat and low rain. Fruit farms have 30 percent less crop. Vegetable farms have 40 percent less crop.

Apples suffer very much. The crop is one third smaller than last year. Onions and carrots also have big loss. Chinese cabbage even misses half of the crop.

Plants stop growing above 30 degrees. This harms tomatoes most. Farmers now ask for help from politicians. They need money for irrigation and better water storage. Climate change worries farmers a lot.

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Definitions

Crop loss
When farmers harvest much less fruit or vegetables than planned, this is crop loss.
Climate change
This means long term change of weather and temperature on earth, it often gets warmer.
Irrigation
This means plants get water artificially, for example by hoses or sprinklers.

People

Manfred Kohlfürst
He is the head of the branch association for fruit and vegetables.
Josef Moosbrugger
He is the chief of the agriculture chamber in Austria.

Locations

Austria
A country in Europe where the described crop problems happen.
Styria
A federal state in Austria that produces many apples.

Sources

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ORF

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Standard

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VOL

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