In Chuvashia, due to drought and the death of almost half of the crop, an emergency regime was introduced

Since September 7, an emergency regime has been introduced in Chuvashia after the death of agricultural crops due to soil drought. About it reported RBC in the press service of the regional administration. Corresponding order published and on the website of the regional administration. Drought killed almost half of the crop.

“Since September 7, a regional emergency regime is introduced in Chuvashia for the governing bodies and forces of the territorial republican subsystem of the Unified State Emergency Prevention System,” said the head of the region, Oleg Nikolaev.

According to the administration, crops on an area of ​​5.7 thousand hectares suffered from the drought, and the amount of damage reached 300.4 million rubles.

The administration clarified that the emergency mode of a municipal nature began to operate in eight districts – Batyrevsky, Komsomolsky, Shemurshinsky, Yalchiksky, Kanashsky, Kozlovsky, Urmarsky and Yantikovsky. “The share of these eight municipal districts accounts for significant areas of grain crops, potatoes, open field vegetables grown in agricultural organizations and peasant (farmer) households,” the statement said.

As the acting Minister of Agriculture of Chuvashia Alina Semenova noted, two regional meteorological stations recorded a drought from July 28 to August 18 and from August 8 to 28. The high air temperature and low humidity, combined with the wind, led to the desiccation of the soil, notes “Russian newspaper”.

“In general, in the republic, the decline in grain yield [по отношению] to last year it is 39.9%, to the average value for five years – 25.7%, potatoes – 16.6 and 13.1%, vegetables – 21.4 and 9.2%, respectively, “- added in the administration of Chuvashia …

Earlier, the department of agro-industrial complex of the Tyumen region reported that due to drought, about 50% of the crop was lost. “This has led to a significant shortfall in the harvest of grain and leguminous crops, to a strong lag in the pace of harvesting fodder,” the press service said. The department added that an initiative to allocate subsidies to agricultural producers is being discussed.