Kazakhstan falls prey to drought

Kazakhstan falls prey to drought

Kazakhstan's wheat farmers have suffered from drought affecting grain production with a drop to more than half. An exceptionally dry summer has yielded a miserable harvest amounting to the loss of 600,000 hectares, according to figures. Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the Kostanay region on Kazakhstan's northern border with Russia.


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Uploaded: 2012-09-09

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