BANGKOK: The Thai government has asked farmers to delay planting rice because of drought and the pumping of water from reservoirs for irrigation ...
BANGKOK: The Thai government has asked farmers to delay planting rice because of drought and the pumping of water from reservoirs for irrigation threatens household supplies, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday .
The government is considering measures such as cloud seeding to try to bring rain but in the meantime, farmers have been asked to hold off. Rainfall in the main rice-growing regions was the lowest in 10 years, at 12 per cent below average, the Meteorological Department said. Rain in August and November was expected to be 5 per cent to 10 per cent below average.
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