Rice fields at risk in Western Cambodia with lack of rainfall
Rice crops in western Cambodia will die from drought if the region does not receive rain within the next month, officials said on 3 September, as a development organization urged the government to do more to assist farmers with irrigation.
A delay to the beginning of the rainy season, which typically lasts from the end of May through the first half of October, has devastated provinces that are home to the country’s largest area of rice fields and plantations, vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda told RFA’s Khmer Service.
