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Var: diversion of farmland threatens "Europe's third most fertile plain" / 43Q49ZP
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A shed, a pile of wood and scrap metal - to the untrained eye, it's an ordinary rural scene. But in reality, it could be agricultural land that has been repurposed. It is a widespread phenomenon in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where farmers are trying to curb it, as in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Var). "The problem is very simple: once agricultural land is lost, it can never be regained," says Sebastien Perrin, secretary general of the Var Chamber of Agriculture and a wine-grower. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES