A state of emergency was declared in Tatarstan this week because of drought. Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov said this claiming that there was 15mm of precipitation on average in June whereas the standard is 60mm, APA reports Realnoevremya.
“This year is being very dry. The weather has given us present every day this year. Spring was already early this year, sowing ended 2-2.5 weeks in advance,” he said.
According to him, there are “negative moments” related to the weather that’s unfavourable for harvest across Tatarstan. There was no precipitation at all in some districts in June.
“It is both soil drought and atmosphere drought. We plan to declare a state of emergency this year,” said Marat Zyabbarov.
Marat Zyabbarov assured the population that despite problems with harvest, neither the population nor enterprises will be left without grains.
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