The Water Wars have begun and here was us thinking it was about fossil fuels! We have drilled wells, were using drip irrigation, but there is still not enough water, said Vasily, a burly man whose 50-hectare vegetable farm near Dzhankoi has been irrigated by water from the Dnieper river diverted along a canal across a strip of land that links Crimea to the mainland. Ukraine seems unlikely to cut Crimea off abruptly from supplies. But its grip on some 80 percent of the regions fresh water and up to 90 percent of its electricity is one of the few levers Kiev has in its dealings with Moscow as the new Ukrainian president tries to end another Crimea-style revolt in the east. Shortages of fresh water in Crimea have destroyed rice crops and led to disappointing soybean and corn harvests, the Black Sea peninsulas agriculture minister said. The rice harvest can no longer be saved, even if we start pumping water now, Crimeas Agriculture Minister Nikolai Polyushkin said, RIA Novosti reported. We can forget about rice this year. ( from this link;themoscowtimes/business/article/crimea-rice-crop-fails-over-water-war-with-ukraine/499562.html) Paul Beckwith Guy McPherson Robin Westenra
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:39:13 +0000
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