Fall is harvest
time. Here are a few agricultural facts.
- Some of the areas with the best soil - southeastern Russia, western Siberia and
Kazakhstan, are at the highest risk of drought and wind erosion.
- Only in Kransnodor (southern Russia, just north east of the Black Sea) and parts of the
Ukraine are the agricultural conditions comparable to America’s Midwest.
- Much of the Ukraine and Moldavia are covered with fertile chernozem or "black
earth". This plus a less extreme climate and a better pattern of rainfall allow
intensive crop cultivation.
- The cool, wet summers and sandy soil of Byelorussia is ideal for growing potatoes
- Over 90% of the former Soviet Union’s tea is produced in Georgia with the help of
irrigation
- The population of Moldavia is primarily involved in agriculture - growing fruit,
vegetables, nuts, maize, winter wheat, sunflowers and wine grapes
- The southern part of Russia is suitable for growing flax, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat
millet and sunflowers.
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