The impact of El Nino, which resulted in drought, put almost 100 hectares of rice farming land in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, at risk of crop failure. Even now, most of the agricultural land has experienced cracks due to drought.

The impact of the drought disaster that hit East Kalimantan was indeed felt bitterly by rice farmers, in the Wonotirto Village, East Samboja District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency.

This is because of the total area of ​​rice farming which is estimated to reach nearly 100 hectares, most of them have experienced drought.

In fact, now most of the rice farms belonging to the farmers, have also started to appear cracks and cracks due to not getting a supply of water for quite a while.

One of the farmers, Teguh (58) said the drought disaster had occurred since the end of July 2023, or has been for more than the last three weeks. In fact, in the Wonotirto Village, there are dozens of farmers who are members of three farmer groups with an estimated rice farming area of ​​nearly 100 hectares. However, due to this drought, most of the agricultural land is now dry and cracks have begun to appear in the ground in the middle of the rice fields that the farmers have already planted.