Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Franconia's agriculture of the future: Olives and rice instead of barley and sugar beet?

Due to climate change, agriculture is facing an unprecedented transformation. While Germany was hardly affected by massive crop failures for decades, the picture has changed drastically since 2015. Since then, heat waves and dry spells have been responsible for yield losses in half of all cases.

Franconia's agriculture of the future: Olives and rice instead of barley and sugar beet?
Image: Phys.org
Due to climate change, agriculture is facing an unprecedented transformation. While Germany was hardly affected by massive crop failures for decades, the picture has changed drastically since 2015. Since then, heat waves and dry spells have been responsible for yield losses in half of all cases.

Originally published at Phys.org

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