05 May 2007By Huy Vannak
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Government officials from the Ministry of Agriculture said that they had prepared planting rice seeds reserve and water pumping equipments to help save [rice] agriculture for Cambodian farmers in 2007, following a report issued from the Ministry of Water Resourced and Meteorology which indicates that a mini-dry season may occur in between this year’s rainy season.
Kit Seng, a department director of the Ministry of Agriculture, told RFA on Saturday afternoon, that the ministry has prepared about 3,000 tons of rice seeds reserve, and it also mobilized a number of water pumps in preparation to save rice farming in a number of areas where drought may occur.
Kit Seng said: “The ministry has a plan set up to protect from natural disasters. We plan to intervene with water pumping, or to provide seeds to those farmers who lack sufficient seeds. This year, there is a lot of concerns about shortage of rain water during mid-season. According to predictions from meteorological experts, there is a possibility of a short dry season in between the rainy season, somewhere in July-August.”
Kit Seng added that the Ministry of Agriculture has ordered its agents to educate farmers in the protection and high-yield production of their crop.
Lim Kien Hor, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, said recently that according to predictions, the 2007 rainy season in Cambodia will see little rain in the beginning and the middle of the season, heavy rain is predicted to arrive only at the end of the rainy season.
Kit Seng, a department director of the Ministry of Agriculture, told RFA on Saturday afternoon, that the ministry has prepared about 3,000 tons of rice seeds reserve, and it also mobilized a number of water pumps in preparation to save rice farming in a number of areas where drought may occur.
Kit Seng said: “The ministry has a plan set up to protect from natural disasters. We plan to intervene with water pumping, or to provide seeds to those farmers who lack sufficient seeds. This year, there is a lot of concerns about shortage of rain water during mid-season. According to predictions from meteorological experts, there is a possibility of a short dry season in between the rainy season, somewhere in July-August.”
Kit Seng added that the Ministry of Agriculture has ordered its agents to educate farmers in the protection and high-yield production of their crop.
Lim Kien Hor, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, said recently that according to predictions, the 2007 rainy season in Cambodia will see little rain in the beginning and the middle of the season, heavy rain is predicted to arrive only at the end of the rainy season.
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