The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is organizing, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a Training Workshop on Drought Risk Assessment for the Agricultural Sector, 20-24 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as a component of the WMO project on “Regional Cooperation in South East Europe for meteorological, hydrological and climate data management and exchange to support Disaster Risk Reduction”, founded by the European Commission Directorate General for Enlargement.
More...... More than 22000 farms in 800 districts of the country suffered as a result of the scorching drought in Russia, informed Russia'a Agriculture minister. ...
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Unrelenting drought has expanded over central and western portions of the Former Soviet Union, which coupled with intense heat continues to afflict spring-sown crops.
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