Agriculture

Early Showers A Boon For Dry Season Farmers

by sidet on January 31, 2012

in Agriculture

Dry season rice in Prey Veng provinceUnseasonable rains have interrupted this year’s dry season, bringing a welcome boost to hundreds of thousands of dry season farmers around the country, an official and an agriculture expert said.

Oum Ryna, deputy director of the meteorology department at the Ministry of Water Resources and meteorology, said that provincial areas throughout the country have received sporadic rainfall. Some districts have had more rain, others less,” Mr. Ryna said, adding that more rain is expected over the coming weeks. [Read full article…]

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