Drought emergency in Piedmont, Italy

PIEDMONT, ITALY - JUNE 23: A photo shows Giovanni Degiorgis, 61, a farmer who lives in Casale Monferrato, in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, on June 23, 2022. Together with two employees he cultivates 350 hectares of land with rice, maize, wheat, barley, soy, canola and poplars. Due to the drought, he fears that he has already lost almost 30% of his crops and, if it does not rain, he risks bankruptcy. Italian government to declare a state of emergency in some regions to restrict the use of water as the country suffers the worst drought in 70 years.