Which led to the loss of more than 55 thousand hectares of crops in Kherson region
Photo by Igor Yosipenko
In Kherson region, an emergency in the agricultural sector caused by environmental and technogenic factors.
About it reported On Facebook, the head of Zlato Tavriya from Kherson region Igor Yosypenko.
« In the agricultural sector of Kherson region is a crisis of unprecedented scale. As a result of difficult climatic conditions, enhanced by man -made intervention in waterInfrastructure (in particular – the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station), in Beryslav region the mass death of winter and spring crops was recorded, « he wrote.
According to preliminary estimates, more than 55 thousand hectares of crops were destroyed, which is almost UAH 1 billion in direct losses for local farmers.
Igor Yosipenko
According to Yosypenko, It is not just a drought as a natural phenomenon – it is a complex agro -ecological disaster that resulted from a radical change in the hydrothermal regime of the region.
”In the autumn and winter, the precipitation was critically scanty, and spring vegetation was accompanied by abnormally high temperatures in March and late April frosts. In combination with the lack of irrigation, this has led to a complete loss of crop in many farms, « he stressed.
The farmer stressed that without targeted compensation for losses from the state, Preferential lending, sowing renewal programs can be lost.
”Some farmers claim that such drought is not remembered for all years of Ukraine’s independence, « he added.
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