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Drought: Italy warns a third of farm production at risk

A boy cools off on the Naviglio di Paderno artificial canal, next to the Adda river, in Cornate D'Adda, northern Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Temperatures in Italy are expected to rise up to 38 degrees Celsius (100,4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) People cool off in pools realized by volunteers in Cornate D'Adda, on the Adda river, northern Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Temperatures in Italy are expected to rise up to 38 degrees Celsius (100,4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) People cool off in pools realized by volunteers in Cornate D'Adda, on the Adda river, northern Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Temperatures in Italy are expected to rise up to 38 degrees Celsius (100,4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A man and his dog cool off on the Adda river, in Cornate D'Adda, northern Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Temperatures in Italy are expected to rise up to 38 degrees Celsius (100,4 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A man fishes along the Naviglio Grande canal, in Turbigo, near, Milan, Italy, July 12, 2022. The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for much of the rain-parched north, freeing up 36.5 million euros (about $38 million) in funds for the heavily agricultural regions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A horse stands in a farm in Locate di Triulzi, some 14 kilometers south-east of Milan in northern Italy, Friday, July 8, 2022. The Italian government declared a state of emergency early this week for much of the rain-parched north heavily agricultural regions amid a drought. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A gondola used as a bench lies on a field in Cornate D'Adda, northern Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Italy's drought has dried up rivers crucial for irrigation threatening some 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) in agriculture, according to Italian farm lobby Coldiretti. Italy's confederation of agricultural producers, Copagri, estimates the loss of 30%-40% of the seasonal harvest. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Italy’s Agriculture minister Stefano Patuanelli speaks in the Italian lower Chamber of Deputies, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Patuanelli warned Parliament that a third of Italy’s agricultural production was at risk due to drought and poor water infrastructure and that the situation is only going to get worse nationwide in years to come. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) People sunbath in Turbigo, along Naviglio Grande canal, near, Milan, Italy, Tuesday July 12, 2022. The Italian government has declared a state of emergency for much of the rain-parched north, freeing up 36.5 million euros (about $38 million) in funds for the heavily agricultural regions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)