AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT IN SLOVENIA IN 2007
Abstract
Too dry and too warm weather with meagre percipitation and high air temperatures between May and August 2007 was the principal cause of agricultural drought. The severity of the drought differed per various regions, as did the consequences visible on crops. The drought affected a total of 27,875 ha of agricultural area and the damage exceeded 16.5 million. Around 6500 farmers in 56 municipalities were affected. In its programme for the mitigation of the effects of drought the Government granted state aid in the amount of one quarter of the estimated damage. This paper presents an analysis of weather conditions, an analysis of the situation of supply to agricultural plants and the consequent deficit in drainage and soil waters, as well as a simulation of a shortage of water with the IRRFIB water balance model.
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