LONG DRY SEASON HITTING A NUMBER OF AREAS IN LIMAPULUHKOTA DISTRICT, WEST SUMATRA, BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR//IN BALAI PANJANG VILLAGE/LAREH SAGO HALABAN DISTRICT, HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF RICE FIELDS ARE NOW THREATEN WITH HARVEST FAILURE DUE TO DROUGHT THAT HAS OCCURRED FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS//

LONG DRY SEASON HITTING A NUMBER OF AREAS IN LIMAPULUHKOTA DISTRICT, WEST SUMATRA, BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR//ONE OF THEM IS IN BALAI PANJANG VILLAGE/LAREH SAGO HALABAN DISTRICT, WHERE DROUGHT HAS HIT 488 HECTARES OF RICE FIELDS OWNED BY RESIDENTS// OUT OF 488 HECTARES OF RICE FIELDS IN BALAI PANJANG VILLAGE, 165 OF THEM ARE AFFECTED BY THE DRY SEASON AND THREATENED BY PUSO OR TOTAL HARVEST FAILURE//THE HEAD OF BALAI PANJANG VILLAGE IDRIS SAID THAT THE DRY SEASON HAS HIT HIS REGION SINCE TWO MONTHS AGO// THE LOSSES DUE TO PUSO ARE ESTIMATED TO REACH AROUND 825 TONS OF DRY GRAIN WHICH HAS IMPACT ON THE INCOME OF AFFECTED FARMERS//THIS CONDITION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WIDEN IF RAIN DOES NOT FALL IN THE NEAR TIME IN LIMAPULUHKOTA REGENCY//

SB:IDRIS-CHIEF OF BALAI PANJANG VILLAGE ((the impact may be a crop failure of approximately 488 hectares of rice fields in the Balai Panjang village, approximately 165 hectares of which are affected this summer. That's mostly rice and corn. Indeed, in the dry season, they rely on water from rivers or irrigation. But because the water discharge is lacking, it cannot be channeled.))