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December 01, 2015

Climate change threatens Tunisia olive farming
Mornag, Tunisie (AFP) Nov 30, 2015
Tunisia's 3,000-year history of olive farming is under threat with warnings that production is at risk of halving by 2030 because of the extremes of climate change, from floods to droughts. "Before it used to rain regularly and the harvest was good. Today, everything is different," said 65-year-old olive farmer Amor Slama. This year at least, his country's battered economy can count on record olive oil exports. But climate change can wreak havoc in the North African state, where only a few h ... read more

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