Desperate times for Cambodia’s farmers
The first rainfall this year did not arrive until early June to Pursat, a province located in the northwest of the country, where land looked bare and thirsty at the height of the planting season. The devastating drought, which the government has described as the worst since 1979, adds to poor rainfall last year, when peasants had to dip into the drinking water dispensed by the government to irrigate their crops. …
Ana Salvá
http://thediplomat.com/2016/08/desperate-times-for-cambodias-farmers/