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Earthquake-hit farmers in Italy rest hopes on fields of lentils
Castelluccio di Norcia, center of Italy, is where farmers from the Umbria region are hoping that their fields of lentils can help revive local agriculture and tourism.
The lentils grown near the village of Castelluccio are one of the many typical regional products, including saffron and cured hams, whose production and sale have been hit by multiple earthquakes last year which killed nearly 300 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.
Italy’s main farming association Coldiretti has estimated at 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) the cost of the direct and indirect damage done to rural areas, barns, machinery, mills, storehouses and infrastructure and the destruction of animals and crops.
Earthquake-hit farmers in Italy rest hopes on fields of lentils
Castelluccio di Norcia, center of Italy, is where farmers from the Umbria region are hoping that their fields of lentils can help revive local agriculture and tourism.
The lentils grown near the village of Castelluccio are one of the many typical regional products, including saffron and cured hams, whose production and sale have been hit by multiple earthquakes last year which killed nearly 300 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.
Italy’s main farming association Coldiretti has estimated at 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) the cost of the direct and indirect damage done to rural areas, barns, machinery, mills, storehouses and infrastructure and the destruction of animals and crops.