PhotosIn Pictures: Historic Drought Takes Toll On Argentina's Grain Harvest
In Pictures: Historic Drought Takes Toll On Argentina's Grain Harvest
The South American nation Argentina which is known as the world's top exporter of processed soy and corn, has been bearing the brunt of a severe drought which is now considered as a key contributing factor behind the worsening economic crisis of the country.
Updated: 21 Mar 2023 1:54 pm
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Martin Sturla stands in his soybean field during a drought in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. Sturla said he lost 85% of his harvest of soybean and corn due to the drought.
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Agronomist engineer Guillermo Lionel Cuitino holds a soybean plant ruined by drought in Pergamino, Argentina.
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Martin Sturla stands in in his dry soybean field amid a drought in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina.
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A dry corn plant lays on a field during a drought in Pergamino, Argentina.
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Farmer Osvaldo Bo looks at the soil in the field of corn of his neighbor ruined by drought in Pergamino, Argentina.
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Agronomist engineer Guillermo Lionel Cuitino holds a soybean plant ruined by drought in Pergamino, Argentina.
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Agronomist engineer Guillermo Lionel Cuitino holds a soybean plant ruined by drought in Pergamino, Argentina.