FAO and Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Disagree on El Niño
The UN's FAO warns of a growing El Niño threat to global agriculture, naming the highest-risk regions.
Attila The Hunn
Locusts
Kazakhstan among top three importers of Russian tea
Kazakhstan’s purchases hit $17M, ranking second in Russia’s export structure. Russian exporters’ revenue rose 11% to $96M. Black tea leads with a 78% share of total shipments. The UAE market saw record growth in physical volume.
The true scale of fires on Balkhash
According to one official version, about 3,000 hectares of shoreline burned; another says 30 hectares of reeds smoldered. So what really happened?
Business efficiency in cannabis
How much could farmers earn if hemp production were legal? What’s the revenue from one greenhouse growing medical or recreational marijuana?
Agrarian miracle" or statistics? How NANOC invented "gross seed harvest
NANOC reported producing 60,000 tons of seeds worth over 12 billion tenge. The agency uses the term "gross seed harvest," but in agronomy, this does not exist — it is raw grain that loses up to 50% of its weight during cleaning.
Agrarian forecast for 2024
A new report from the Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS forecasts El Niño to turn neutral by June, with increased odds of transitioning to La Niña in June-August (49%) or July-September (69%). What does this mean in practice?