Kalocsa, Hungary, Oct 4, 2026 (AFP) - Hungary's dwindling paprika producers battle to save signature spice

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Working from before dawn until midnight, farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan fought Europe's driest summer ever to save their red pepper harvest in Hungary. Unable to irrigate much of their two-and-a-half-hectare (six-acre) land because power lines run across it, they repeatedly loosened the soil around the plants, which are used to make the central European country's signature spice, paprika. "I was absolutely convinced that we'd hav......

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