A new drought could affect the agricultural sector in the coming months and, according to an expert, the country is “one of the main areas to pay attention to.”
The phenomenon of The girl has a 70% chance of developing in the region between August and October and specialists warned that a new drought could affect the country, although not necessarily to the same extent as that recorded last year.
In the event that this happens, the impact on the agriculture seems more than likely. Jason Nicholls, main international person in charge of AccuWeather, He told Reuters that “the main areas to pay attention to in terms of problems with the crops and the supply chain seem to be Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and the southeast of Europe”.
From the United States National Weather Service They consider that La Niña has a 70% probability of developing during the period from August to October, rising to 79% between November and January.
The government is preparing for a possible drought
Meanwhile, the government is preparing for the prospect of a new drought, with a forced learning curve after the strong water crisis which mainly hit Montevideo and surrounding areas last year.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment, Gerardo Amarilla, He commented weeks ago that the portfolio is monitoring the situation. “After the winter There will be a period of absence of precipitation that can turn into a water stress and perhaps a drought. We need to be prepared for that,” he warned.
In this way, Amarilla anticipated that they are updating the information on the number of groundwater reserves. “We have reserves. The idea is to have more information and more research to be able to know how much and how we can use it,” he said, adding: “Having learned the lesson from what we went through, being better prepared for what is to come is the goal.”
Something similar is done by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP). On the one hand, the holder of the portfolio, Fernando Mattos, comes from holding meetings with China to achieve strategic cooperation in the prevention of droughts and floods.
In parallel, the leader warned that “a lot of progress has been made” in terms of irrigation, with some 30,000 hectares incorporated. However, he warned: “I understand that this growth could be much greater.”
Source: Ambito
