Crucial irrigation water has failed to reach paddy fields and adjoining farmlands. The shortage has put both rice cultivation and other crops under serious threat ....
Call for urgent government intervention. Analysis shows concentrations between 77.51 and 334.10 ppm, primarily linked to increasing soil acidity that threatens crop health and the livelihoods of local farmers ....
Farmers’ associations say when the rain recedes, farmers will have to apply DAP and urea continuously for recovery and nourishment of inundated and that is when the shortage of fertilizers will be felt ....