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Indonesia warns of damage to rice crop as drought parches fields

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INDONESIA’s rice crop is at risk of damage from an unusually long dry weather spell that’s gripped several producing regions, raising prospects of elevated imports for a second year.

INDONESIA’s rice crop is at risk of damage from an unusually long dry weather spell that’s gripped several producing regions, raising prospects of elevated imports for a second year.

The dry weather has parched paddy fields across Java island, the main growing region, and the agriculture ministry sees the harvest failing in more areas than the 20,000 hectares already reported, according to Edy Purnawan, director of crop protection at the ministry.

With some areas going without rain for more than 60 days, the nations weather forecaster has warned the archipelago may be under the impact of a weak El Nio. The drought has prompted President Joko Widodo to order steps to mitigate the impact and consider artificial rain as an option.

 

See full article at Business World Online

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