The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) stated that due to lower-than-average rainfall since the third week of ...

During spring, the onset of rice planting necessitates ample water in rice paddies and fields in South Korea ... and reservoir levels dwindled due to drought in the southern region of the Korean ...

The drought and a record heat wave that persisted ... a popular rice variety grown on more than 60 percent of the prefecture’s rice fields, the figure fell 76.6 percentage points to 3.6 percent.

Water access in the drought-impacted regions has far-reaching ... Flood irrigation, for crops such as rice, can provide habitat for migratory birds, and irrigation furrows in farm fields also help ...

Before leaving, Bakhodir realized that his native Khorezm region would soon cease to be suitable for rice growing.

Expressing concern that the forced wait for harvester machines to reap paddy will hit cultivation of rice fallow pulses, they demand introduction of drought ... samba paddy fields 7 to 10 days ...