Ukraine may lose several million tons of crops due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP

Several million tons of Ukrainian crops may be lost due to flooding as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. This was stated by the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky.

It is noted that the flooded lands require a full agro-ecological assessment of the soil condition, but after the water has subsided. In most cases, special soil restoration methods will need to be applied.

“Two main blocks of products were grown on the land affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, one of them being vegetables and melons. The second block is grains and oilseeds: soybeans, corn, sunflower, wheat. Without a water supply, it is impossible to grow vegetables. Grain and oilseeds will be grown using an extensive model with low yields,” explained Vysotskyi.

He also emphasized that it is currently difficult to estimate the damage to the left bank of the Kherson region, but it is known that several hundred thousand tons of grain were stored there. On the right bank, more than 100 thousand tons of crops were lost.

The First Deputy Minister claims that the biggest threat to international food security is the inability to grow several million tons of grain and oilseeds without irrigation.

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