Russia: Agrarians of Kuban can sow 90 thousand hectares with rice
Rice
Russia
Published May 25, 2022
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Agrarians of the Krasnodar Territory expect to sow 90,000 hectares of rice, Igor Lobach, chairman of the Council of the National Rice Union (NRC), told Agroinvestor. After the accident that occurred on April 22 at the Fedorovsky hydroelectric complex on the Kuban River, there were very high risks for the industry: the hydroelectric complex is used to irrigate rice paddies in the Krasnoarmeisky, Kalininsky, Krymsky and Abinsk regions of the Krasnodar Territory. The Southern Rice Union then estimated that due to the collapse of the dam, there is a risk of not sowing 67 thousand hectares of rice out of the planned 119 thousand hectares. On May 12, the construction of a temporary dam was completed and it was being strengthened, but already on the 13th it became known that the dam had been washed away. Now the dam is working and allows agricultural producers to sow, says Lobach, its condition is stable even with large releases of water from the Krasnodar reservoir. “Of course, there ...
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