farmers concern about agricultural products this year , 2010

Farmers concern about agricultural products this year after rain water drops slightly

Cambodian farmers expressed their concern on growing their agricultural crops this year after the rain water dropped slightly for their agricultural crops and plants and some places got higher rain water quantity.

This corn plant did not grow well this year after the rain water dropped slightly and those crop plants nearly died,” said Bun Sokleng, a farmer in Ken Svay district of Kandal province. “I also need to pump the water to spread them but sometimes only because I could not spread water every. It needs high expenditure in pumping water. I think even it grow, It will not provide good products but it did not have enough water,” he noted.

Sun Theary, a student from Kompong Thom Province at the University of Cambodia said that in her district of Sambor of Kompong Thom province. Some areas did not have water to grow rice transplant and seedling. Even the grass for feeding the cattle does not have. Local people are waiting for rain water to grow their agricultural plants, she said, adding that the rain water dropped very slightly this year and it was very stranger and stranger for local farmers because usually in the previous years, they have the rain water filling the rice paddy for plowing soil to grow rice plants. Local farmers open their eyes to see the water rain,” she noted. The rainy season started irregularly for our farmers because usually it has huge water at rice paddy fields. The weather is changing fast,” she highlighted.

Kuy Sokheng, a student from Kompong Speu Province at the university of Cambodia said that some places in his district has water for grow rice plants and other agricultural crops but some other areas lacked water for farmers. The weather is changing
If it have water at the irrigation canal, farmers will pump it for spread their crops but

Chan Tong Iev, secretary of state for ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said that this year we already prepared rice seeds for local farmers where it has drought or not enough rain water. “We always think about the benefits of farmers and always seek ways to deal and set up measures both long and short terms to push up our agricultural crops to get high products,” he told SEAW by phone.

What my notice, the rain has fallen heavily at Battambang, Pursat, Kompong Thom, Kompong Cham provinces. “Dropping heavily is some places,” he noted.

But this year, the rain dropped in some places with huge amount and some places got slightly. He did not say in detail about the quantity of rice seeds to prepare for farmers this year. “But usually this ministry is ready to store rice seeds for farmers,” he noted. The climate change is a big concern for our agricultural crops.

Plok Bun, a farmer and middle dealer of rice product told SEAW that in his province of Battambang rain is dropping heavily. “It made me concern about flood and huge water for my rice crops,” he said, adding that rain water fall down in some places. “I planted more than 40 hectares of rice paddy and the weather is good and I expected to get good products and earn more,” he stresses. Rice paddy fields are some areas in Takeo, Kompot, Kompong Cham, Kandal provinces filled with some water and difficulties for farmers to grow rice and other agricultural crops. Agriculture is one of main pillar of economic growth of the country. last year, cambodia earned 7 million tons of rice products. over three tons of those products could export to foreign market.

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