Drought and Hot weather pose serious threat to Rice production.
- By : James Bryson
- Category : Agriculture
Agriculture
Waiting for the government’s decision.
Carlo Rognoni, director of the Agricultural Marketing Institute, said that for months they have been analyzing the consequences that the lack of rain will bring.
He expressed that the drought has caused a delay in the planting of rice, the most consumed grain in Panama, production is based on rain and not irrigation.
This emergency declaration will come with scientific support, but the Government is preparing for a contingency due to the lack of rain, he said.
To help producers who have been using water harvesting and contracting private wells for a few years, we hope not to reach that declaration.
In Azuero and Veraguas, food and molasses are delivered.
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