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Drought causes a "collapse" in vegetable production: "Even irrigated, the young plants did not survive".

Cauliflowers, peas or lettuce are suffering from the lack of water and successive heatwaves. The sector is talking about a "catastrophe", particularly on the entire western side of France, while the ability to sow crops for the following seasons is also being hampered.

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Drought causes a "collapse" in vegetable production: "Even irrigated, the young plants did not survive".

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