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Originally Posted by Ari
salt the fields as they retreat
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That's basically what this dam destruction does. It will take years to rebuild after the area is secured, and massive areas of productive fields will revert to the drought-prone marginal land it used to be.
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The ministry said that in 2021 - before Russia's full-scale invasion - these systems provided irrigation on 584,000 hectares from which farmers harvested about 4 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds.
That represented about 4% of the country's output
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Ukraine warns over impact of Kakhovka dam collapse on farmland | Reuters