Crops in some districts of the Krasnodar territory, one of the leaders in the cultivation of grain in the Russian Federation, have suffered because of the drought, but the overall harvest in the region is expected below last year, told TASS the Governor Veniamin Kondratiev Thursday on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg international economic forum.

Earlier it was reported that some crops in some regions of Southern Russia and the North Caucasus suffered from spring drought. In the Crimea expect a loss of 1 billion farmers are one of the leaders in the cultivation of grain in Rostov region has abandoned plans for a record harvest in Krasnodar Krai serious consequences were observed.

"Certainly, the drought for us, too, presents a problem. But not all parts of the drought: there are areas would not be affected. Therefore, due to the high yields in areas where drought is not, I think we compensate for those areas where the harvest will be lower," - said Kondratiev.

According to him, Kuban still hope to get a harvest worse than last year. "We're not overdramatising the situation," the Governor added.

Krasnodar Krai is one of the leading agrarian regions of Russia. In 2017, the grain harvest amounted to 14.7 million tonnes in the previous year, when a record is about 10% of the total grain harvest in the country. Earlier it was reported that this year the farmers of Kuban expect to beat last year's record.

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