The water torture in the fields

A kid plays successful a dried-up lakebed successful Thessaly, which was devastated by floods arsenic a effect of Storm Daniel successful September of past year and is present battling drought. ‘We’ve developed a programme to guarantee we person capable water by the extremity of August,’ says Dimitris Tsiouris, president of TOEB Pineios. [ΑΜΝΑ]

Tomatoes emotion two things: airy and water. In bid for its seeds to turn properly, they request plentifulness of light. And erstwhile the works starts growing, it needs regular watering. Its water needs are high, whether it is an outdoor harvest oregon successful a greenhouse. What happens when there is not capable water? That is when problems and prohibitions begin.

The tomato is conscionable 1 example. The deficiency of water changes the regular beingness of farmers connected galore levels. In eastbound Crete, the Municipality of Gortyna announced with each solemnity that irrigation of caller seasonal vegetable crops will not beryllium approved. No water, nary summertime vegetables! Zucchini, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers are present under “persecution”! In areas of the Thessaly Plain, Greece’s breadbasket, there are besides uncertainties owed to the simplification successful water reserves, and that where a “ban” connected fabric is emerging.

Studies by Greek experts reason that astir of Greece is astatine mean and precocious hazard of desertification. Specifically, 34% of the country’s regions are characterized arsenic precocious risk, 49% arsenic mean hazard and lone 17% arsenic debased risk.

Recently, the authorities announced three measures for water sufficiency successful the fields: colony of debts of competent organizations so that they person resources to support the network, operation of caller dams and reservoirs, and the constitution of water absorption bodies per region. Even if we presume that what is being announced will beryllium done – due to the fact that dams person been announced respective times successful the past and remained connected insubstantial – the results will not beryllium seen immediately.

The existent situation successful the country, against the backdrop of water scarcity, is described arsenic follows: Outdated irrigation methods – successful galore areas harvest oregon traveling sprinklers are used, which are liable for a large waste of water – an outdated infrastructure web with water losses during its transport to the fields, uncontrolled drilling – but besides galore ineligible ones that are used illegally, arsenic they person a licence for a specific fig of acres and irrigate treble and triple that amount.

The adequacy of available water is simply a puzzle that affects everyone. Many farmers faced with diminishing water levels will request to regenerate their existing crops with caller ones that necessitate little water. The Greek husbandman will person to reinvent him- oregon herself. Otherwise, the clash with the world of the clime situation will beryllium severe.