Greece's chestnut harvest set to shrink, hit by drought and heat

Farmer Anestis Altinis shows chestnuts near the village of Kissos, in Mount Pelion, Greece, October 19, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

PELION, Greece (Reuters) - In Greece, one of the world's largest chestnut producers, farmer Anestis Altinis searches for nuts suitable for harvest. But after months of searing heat and drought, most have not ripened, a familiar problem in his village where output is expected to drop 90%.

"I don't remember this happening before," said Altinis, a third-generation chestnut producer in Kissos village on Mount Pelion in central Greece.