Cascade of impacts from climate change on EU agribusiness

4 September 2019, by Gerardo Fortuna / EURACTIV.com

Climate change could turn the entire EU agribusiness upside down, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA), as crop productivity in the Mediterranean countries is expected to drop while northern and western regions may experience longer growing seasons and more suitable conditions for agriculture intensification.

While some southern regions may become less suitable for crop production and livestock because of drier summer conditions, the upside is that land values could increase by 8% in Western Europe and by an even higher percentage in the Nordic and Baltic countries. 

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