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French farmers could get heatwave compensation
Paris, Aug 8, 2006 Almost half of all French districts are to ask for the right to compensate farmers for crops lost during a withering heatwave last month, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. Forty of the 96 departments in mainland France are to ask the government to declare them "agricultural disaster" zones, allowing them to release special financial aid for farmers. More than 100 people died in France as a heatwave gripped most of Europe, and farmers across the continent have reported crop losses. France had been counting on a bumper wheat harvest this year, but experts now expect it to fall short of last year's yield. There was also a warning that the heat had hit lavender plantations, the fragrant crop grown in southeastern Provence, with producers warning crops would down 10-30 percent. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Lebanese oil spill could rival Exxon Valdez disaster: UN
Nairobi, Aug 8, 2006 An oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that despoiled the Alaskan coast if not urgently addressed, the United Nations said Tuesday. |
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