As farmers gear up for harvesting season, fears have emerged they may not be able to recruit enough foreign labour because of national efforts to curb the spread of the deadly disease. In France, some 200,000 workers are needed in the next three months to pick strawberries and other seasonal crops. The FNSEA, the national union of farmers, said around 800,000 workers are brought in from overseas, mainly central and eastern Europe, Tunisia and Morocco, for the entire harvest season.