Authorities advise against second crop as El Nino will reduce rainfall this year
A farmer sets up a fishing rod in a paddy field in Min Buri district of Bangkok. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Farmers are being asked to grow only one rice crop this coming season as rainfall will be below average because of the El Nino weather pattern, says the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
The rainy season, which normally begins in the third week of May, will start a bit later this year with a period of intermittent rain in June, said Surasee Kittimonthon, the ONWR secretary-general.
The agency has devised a water management plan for the country’s dams to help preserve water. Its success, he said,…
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