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[-] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Jon Oliver has a piece on that issue. IIRC Farmers have to use all the water they are allocated or they could lose the rights to it, so they have to plant crops that require a lot of water. It's a policy issue that the farmers had to adapt to

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

And who advocates for the policy to stay the way it currently is?

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