Russian agriculture lost more than $ 1 billion due to the weather

According to a reporter in the Russian Federation, hot weather this summer with temperatures of up to 29-30 degrees Celsius, has caused Russia's agricultural sector to lose 32-33 billion rubles (over $ 1 billion).

Above is a report by Russian Agriculture Deputy Minister Igor Manylov at the meeting attended by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, conducted on July 27 in the Gorki mansion in the outskirts of Moscow, discussing the situation of hot weather this year and work overcome - minimize the impact of this unfavorable weather.

Deputy Manylov said the heat had affected 6% of the total cultivated area of ​​4.4 million hectares.

So this year, Russian farmers will only harvest about 77-80 million tons of grain instead of the previous forecast of 85 million tons. Thus, in 2012, Russian cereal output will be 15-16 million tons less than last year and lower than the average of the past five years to 7-10 million tons.

Speaking at the conference, Medvedev said that in the hot sun, this year, the area of ​​forest fires was 20% bigger than last year and the situation is getting worse due to hot weather. Currently 11 regions in Russia have declared a state of emergency caused by "fire invaders" that have inflicted casualties on people.

Medvedev instructed the relevant local authorities to give emergency assistance to distressed families, and to coordinate with the Ministry of Emergency Situations to quickly extinguish forest fires and overcome consequences. natural disasters.

He also instructed Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fedorov to draft and immediately implement synchronous measures to support agriculture and farmers in the current hot weather.