Now, instead of the traditional crops that grew on the Italian island, like olives and citrus, farmers switched to growing tropical plants. Climate change and the expectation of warming, forced them to assimilate to the conditions and grow what will grow. At the moment, entrepreneurs are actively using this and are starting to experiment.
The young entrepreneur, 17-year-old Andrea Passanisi, who, according to other Sicilians, was engaged in a disadvantageous business, due to climate change, is now the owner of a company for growing mangoes and avocados in the island. Sicilian passanisi fruit is already exported to China and other European countries.
His colleague, Santo Fragal, began breeding camels in the Mediterranean region. He brings livestock for the sake of milk and adds that the Sicilian heat has a positive effect on these exotic animals. The farmer stressed that even though his fellow citizens were not yet accustomed to his camel farm and other similar agribusinesses, climate change is opening up new opportunities for farmers, and they need to be used.