Thousands of farmers protested in Madrid on Wednesday over Spain's plan to reduce the amount of water taken from the Tagus river to irrigate agricultural land in the country's southeast.
Spain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022. The heat, accompanied by a long drought throughout most of the year, caused reservoirs to fall to critical levels.
But farmers and regional politicians say it will affect livelihoods given that the region affected is a major food producer dubbed "the orchard of Europe." The water transfer system via pipes from reservoirs in central Spain to fruit orchards in Valencia and Murcia was one of the largest hydraulic engineering projects ever carried out in the country and contributed to its development as a major fruit and vegetable exporter.
"The environmental excuse and the protection of the natural ecosystem are not enough," Belen Meseguer, an agricultural engineer of the small farmers union, told Reuters at the protests.
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