France is on high alert. Italy reports
billions of euros in agricultural damage. The Netherlands, Germany, Poland,
Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia face the difficulty of providing animal feed. In
Spain, the volumes of water stored in reservoirs are currently over a third
lower than the ten-year average.
As for Portugal, water in reservoirs for
hydroelectric plants is at half the seven-year average. Let s not forget the
fires affecting countries in southern Europe! And all these have a common cause
- excessive heat and severe drought.
Romania is no exception. Almost 243,000
hectares in 30 counties, i.e. three quarters of the country, are affected by
drought. The most recent data centralized by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development show that the affected area is increasing compared to the end
of last week, when 28 counties announced that approximately 230,000 hectares
were affected by the lack of water.
The crops of wheat and triticale, a hybrid
Hanoi, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's Ambassador to Vietnam, Tatiana Pugh Moreno, described as completely successful the recent working visit made here by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia, Middle East and Oceania, Capaya Rodriguez.
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As he lay dying of hunger in a Russian Gulag, biologist, geneticist, geographer and agronomist Nikolay Vavilov must have tasted the irony of his situation after a life dedicated to saving Russia from famine and feeding the world. As he lay dying of hunger in a Russian Gulag, biologist, genetici.