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This photograph taken on May 5, 2023 shows an olive grove outside the Andalusian village of Priego de Cordoba near Cordoba. - In Spain, the world's largest producer of olive oil, drought and abnormally high temperatures are causing fears of a "catastrophe" for the sector, which is already reeling from a very difficult 2022. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Spain's government on Thursday approved measures worth more than two billion euros to alleviate the impact of a prolonged drought that has hit its key agricultural sector.
The country's water reserves are on average below 50 percent of capacity, while levels have fallen to roughly 25 percent in the two worst-hit areas -- Andalusia in the south and Catalonia in the northeast.
