Storyline: Extreme heat waves across Europe have dealt a blow to farms in Serbia, one of the continent's key agricultural producers, severely devastating the country's harvest this year. Serbia's National Hydrometeorological Service has issued consecutive warnings that persistent high temperatures and a lack of rainfall are driving a severe drought across the country, which is expected to cause significant crop losses. Local farmers expressed their concerns about major yield losses. Dario Totan, whose family planted wheat, corn, and sunflowers this year, said that despite the ongoing heat and drought having had little impact on the matured wheat, the other two crops, especially corn, are not likely to see a harvest. Serbian agricultural economist Milan Prostran explained that the country lacks sufficient agricultural infrastructure against extreme weather shocks. In recent years, heatwaves and droughts have become more frequent, but Serbia's farmland irrigation coverage remains extremely limited, leaving it poorly equipped to resist drought. Agriculture has long been a pillar of Serbia's economy, with about one-sixth of its population working in the sector, and agricultural products making up roughly 20 percent of national exports. The recent high temperatures and drought could not only reduce farmers' incomes, but also impact Serbia's food security and agricultural exports. Shotlist: Klek, Vojvodina, Serbia - Recent: 1. Aerial shots of farmlands, harvester 2. Various of Dario Totan, local farmer, operating harvester 3. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Dario Totan, local farmer: "We will certainly lose over 70 percent. We are doing three crops, and only the wheat has done well, but its price here is far too low. It is the cheapest in Europe, so there is hardly any profit. As for the corn, I fear there may be nothing to harvest at all." 4. Various of harvester working 5. Various of corns suffering from drought; cracked land 6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milan Prostran Agricultural Economist (starting with shot 5/ending with shot 7): "Only about 50,000 hectares of farmland were equipped with irrigation systems in Serbia in 2023, and in 2024, the number dropped to about 46,000 hectares. Given that our total arable land is 3,300,000 hectares, the percentage of irrigation was below two percent. To better mitigate heatwaves and droughts, we need to establish a new agriculture system, develop new agricultural technologies, including new hybrids, to see which are more drought-resistant. But most importantly, we must protect water and soil resources to prevent land degradation." 7. Various of sunflower fields, harvester. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]