La FAO prévient que la forte production de blé de 2013 pourrait être compromise par les rouilles du blé

Temperatures

The Eurasian Food Security Network has just been launched with the first online consultation "Food Security issues in the Eurasian region: major challenges and G8/G20 initiatives in relation with the regional situation".

The Eurasian Food Security Network was set up for the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) as a result of the collaboration between the ECFS, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Temperatures

During the past week, temperatures averaged near to slightly below normal across most of Central Asia. Temperatures are forecast to average 2 to 6 degrees C above normal during the second week of May. Minimum temperatures are forecast to remain above freezing except for the highest elevations of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Maximum temperatures are forecast to occasionally warm above 30 degrees C across southwest Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan during the next week.

Precipitation

Overview

Posted April 19, 2013 by Nicolas Giroux & filed under Central Asia, Development 2.0, Disaster response.

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