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Floods wipe out most of the Lasithi potato crop and Crete's farmers demand aid

About 440 mm of rain in two days left growers on Crete's Lasithi Plateau estimating potato losses of 80 percent or more weeks before harvest; they held a sit-in for compensation on 11 October.

Global Agriculture12 October 20262 min read

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Naxos potato output has fallen from 15,000 to 5,000 tonnes as fake labels, labour and water shortages squeeze the island's growers

The protected Greek crop is mislabelled at market stalls with potatoes from as far as Egypt, water now comes from desalination plants, and a leading grower warns there may be few Greek farmers left in a decade.

Euronews – Green/Agriculture21 September 20263 min read