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| Dry weather ailing Slovak farmers |
| Bratislava, 12.08.2017 |
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| Climate change induced weather patterns affecting farmer crops and water resources
The climate is changing and this is also impacting Slovakia. One of the accompanying factors of global warming is changes in weather patterns. Slovakia has already faced several heat waves this year.
“The change is also manifested in record high temperatures,” climatologist Milan Lapin told The Slovak Spectator. He explained that in the last 20 years the records, in terms of extreme heat, have dominated fivefold over the cold ones.
In early August 2017, temperatures in Slovakia climbed up to 37 Celsius degrees, which is challenging for people, animals and also nature.
“Drought affects everything that grows in nature – in the fields, vineyards, our gardens,” said Jana Holéciová, speaker of the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK).
The most affected agricultural crops are summer crops, such as rapeseed but also corn, sunflower, sugar beet and potatoes grown in the autumn.
Similarly, droughts do not benefit grasslands, animal feed crops and animals as such.
“They need extra hydration and farmers must cool down the barns in order to lower the internal temperature,” explained Holéciová. It is ideal if the animal can hide in the shade.
Hot weather is usually connected with relatively low air humidity and high requirements on land irrigation, added Lapin.
Extreme drought has also hit other parts of Europe. Italy has reported an increase in the price of olive oil, after a wave of extreme heat destroyed olive crops.
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