Cyprus's race for liquid gold

The second harvest of the year is being prepared in potato fields in Xylophagou, a speciality of the region in the south of Cyprus.

But water from the surrounding dams isn't enough to sustain crops.

To compensate, farmers pump the subsoil via illegal wells.

Farmer Kostas Karagiannis told euronews about the difficulties of growing the crop.

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