was only partly to blame out that their farming industry is an urgent need of improvement charlotte mahmassani has the details you reap what you sow but not in russia this year the country lost around forty million tonnes of grain the government wants to cover any shortage by this thing next summer plantings by a quarter overshoes farmers have their doubts one people weren't poignant the banks cannot give loans to farmers whose debts are already restructured if the situation remains as it is no plantings may not increase would actually fall because farmers face the toughest financial situation in many. grain crops declined by a third of the worst drought in one hundred thirty years who have a nature can't carry all the brain analysts say sixty percent of losses be due to old technology and practice that. russia's wheat crop yield is a third of that of europe to improve we need access to modern sea our seed industry has been lost and foreigners won't sell their technology to us because they're afraid they won't be paid royalties for the use of the technology we also lack modern farming vehicles