Rice in North Mamuju Threatened Failed Harvest

North Mamuju - Approximately 600 hectares of rice fields in North Mamuju (Matra) threatened crop failure or puso, due to the long drought since the last two months. The worst hit areas in the village and hamlet Randomayang Salunggabo, Village Pasangkayu.

Plants that meet the paddy rice looks yellow, when the harvest had not yet arrived. The condition occurs because the rice drought. Dwindling water supplies because only rely on rain.

Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of North Mamuju, Abdul Kahar, said the government accounted for a number of water pumps to help resolve the issue. He hopes that such assistance could save the citizens from the threat of failed rice crop.

Head of Section of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Misbahuddin SP, said as many as 3 units of water pumps is given to each farmer in the village Bambaira, Sarude Village, and Village Martasari. However, no maximum engine as a source of water in the surrounding rice fields increasingly shallow. "Discharge of water in the river down. Farmers irrigate rice fields so that the difficulty was not optimal," he said.

Patahuddin, a farmer in North Mamuju claimed losses due to drought this long. Therefore, the rice plants were almost harvest, forced to fail because of lack of water. He hopes the pumping machine of government assistance quickly handed over to the farmers so as not to suffer like him.

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