The agricultural area affected by the extreme meteorological phenomena registered in the last period amounts to approximately 4,665 hectares, but of the total sown area it currently represents less than 1%, Marius Mihai Micu, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), agerpres reports.
Given the rainfall in 2021, Micu says that this year will be "definitely a better agricultural year than last year", when pedological drought manifested itself extremely intensely in the country.