Floods cut rice yield in NE by 400,000-500,000 tonnes

By Thai PBS

 

 

Over one million rai of rice farm land in the Northeast have been damaged by flooding and this will bring down rice yield for the 2017-18 main crops by 5-6 percent or between 400,000-500,000 tonnes, according to the Thai Rice Exporters.

 

Speaking after a meeting with agricultural and commerce officials as well as rice millers from 20 northeastern provincess on Thursday (Nov 2) to assess rice production situation and rice prices in the aftermath of massive flooding, Charoen Laothammatat, president of Thai Rice Exporters Association said over one million rai of rice field in the region has been damaged.

 

Northeastern provinces, including Roi Et, Ubon Ratchathani and Yasothon which are major rice-growing areas, were severely affected by flooding in July-August caused by heavy rainfalls from tropical storm “Sonca.”

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/floods-cut-rice-yield-ne-400000-500000-tonnes/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-11-03

a natural phenomena but I am sure people will find a way to lay blame on someone, much easier than accepting the truth, something that doesnt happen very often here

33 minutes ago, seajae said:

a natural phenomena but I am sure people will find a way to lay blame on someone, much easier than accepting the truth, something that doesnt happen very often here

Kinda depends on how the situation was handled, there was a breach of a dam somewhere in the NE... that would be a man made error something that should not happen. Maybe water was not released on tine. 

Any leftovers from the rice pledging scheme?