Agricultural drought persists in Poland

Large water shortages already occur in 15 voivodships, according to the latest report by the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG). “In the seventh reporting period, i.e. from May 21 to July 20, 2019, we report the occurrence of agricultural drought in Poland. The average value of the Climatic Water Balance (KBW), on the basis of which the assessment of drought risk is carried out, was negative and amounted to -133 mm,” IUNG wrote in the report.

“Farmers afflicted by this year’s drought will not be left without help, but the scale of the support will be known after the losses have been estimated,” Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski has announced.

(PAP)