Resilience Food Stories: Desertification in Spain

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Along with Greece, Italy and Portugal, Spain is the country in continental Europe that is faced with the largest percentage of desertification and the greatest water shortages. Next to climate change, intensive and conventional farming are the main causes of this catastrophic form of land degradation. According to the European Commission, food security is at risk in the Mediterranean area, as 30% of its semi-arid regions have already been affected and 8.3 million hectares of agricultural land have been lost

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