According to the newspaper Le Figaro, citing the Ministry of Ecological Transition, restrictive measures have been introduced in a number of regions, including a ban on filling swimming pools with water, washing cars and watering gardens.
“This year, the drought started very early... We are taking measures to control water resources to avoid an unmanageable situation this summer,” said French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born.
According to her, the authorities will allocate €400 million to help livestock farmers who will experience difficulties with livestock feed.
Andrei Dinga, a member of the Moldovan association "Farmers' Power", said earlier that farmers in the south of Moldova are calling on the government to pay attention to the problem of severe drought, which has already affected the wheat harvest and threatens the autumn harvest of corn and sunflower.
Parveen Ngala, a representative of the humanitarian organization Oxfam International, told RT that due to rising grain and oil prices, more than 21 million people in several African countries were on the verge of starvation.