Sittwe: Farmers in Arakan State are suffering from drought in the area and have been unable to start cultivation of their fields even one month into this year's cultivation season, said one farmer from Arakan.
"Every year we plough our farms in the beginning of June, but this year we can not start to plow even though the time has reached nearly one month. We all want rain to come to our state soon," he said.
Last year at this time, half of the cultivation of the farms was complete in Arakan State, but this year the cultivation has yet to begin due to the lack of rain.
A farmer from Kai Shay Village in Taungup Township said, "All nursery farms were damaged because there is no rain. In the first week of June this year, we were planting seeds in the nursery farms as there was rain in our state, but now the rain has disappeared."
In addition to the lack of rain throughout Arakan, the weather has been extremely hot, making it difficult for people to work outside during the day.
A farmer from Maungdaw said, "I have never seen such drought before. The weather is very bad because there is no rain. We can not go to our farms in the day time for working."
"In another 15 days, Buddhist lent will start. Last year at this time, our farm was almost plowed, but this year there has been nothing to do yet. All farmers suffer from drought and they are worried about their cultivation failing this year," the farmer added.
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