Maluku farmers sweat El Niño drought as Indonesia rice prices surge
Published on: Wednesday 24 January 2024
BURU ISLAND, Indonesia – At the beginning of November last year, Tamami’s rice field lay vacant except for a herd of cattle grazing on the land. Like many rice farmers here on Buru Island in Indonesia’s eastern Maluku region, 53-year-old Tamami set aside his field after the availability of water dried up. “There’s no rain,” […]
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/maluku-farmers-sweat-el-nino-drought-as-indonesia-rice-prices-surge/
