Droughts threaten cereal production in Spain: expert

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Droughts threaten cereal production in Spain: expert

STORY: Droughts threaten cereal production in Spain: expert DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of harvest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JAVIER ALEJANDRE, Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) representative in Madrid 3. various of harvest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JAVIER ALEJANDRE, Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) representative in Madrid 5. various of harvest STORYLINE: The severe droughts currently affecting Spain will threaten cereal production this year, a Spanish expert has warned. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JAVIER ALEJANDRE, Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) representative in Madrid "It results in disastrous harvest, with production below 60 percent of normal, which means that our production this year has remained around 40 to 42 percent of normal annual production." Spain registered the driest start to a year in the first four months of this year since records began in the 1960s, with Catalonia and southern Spain's Anda

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