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Farmers braced for B48bn crop damage

Destructive drought blamed on El Niño

An Asian openbill prepares to land on a drought-stricken rice field in Ang Thong province. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

El Niño-induced drought is expected to cause 48 billion baht in damage to crop farming, especially rice, between this year and next, dealing a serious blow to Thai agriculture, says farm truck maker Siam Kubota Corporation (SKC).

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