Farmers in the north fear for the future as the River Po runs dry in the worst drought in 70 years.
On a farm in northern Italy not far from the Adriatic Sea, Giampaolo Bassi's crops are in trouble.
"At the moment, official data from the Po Basin Authority shows an ingression of up to 30km from the mouth." Near the small town of Sermide in the province of Mantua, locals gather at a boat club cafe for a drink and a cigarette.Here the Po splits to either side of a small island.Looking on from the porch of the cafe, locals tell me this isn't normal.
A sunken World War Two barge and German military vehicle have been revealed in recent months by the Po's low water levels.Sergio points to wooden wrecks poking through the surface which, he says, have also lain there unseen since the war.A sunken World War Two barge and a German military vehicle have been revealed by the low water levels
Overlooking his peanut crops, Giampaolo can't put an exact figure on it but fears he could lose up to a quarter of this year's yield."Our fear is of the progressive increase of the presence of salt inland, because this causes the soil to become arid. It's affecting more and more of our land, making it more difficult to cultivate and less productive."
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