Amid an El Nino-induced drought that has parched Indonesia, farmers struggle to obtain enough water to drink, wash and irrigate their crops Read more at straitstimes.com.
KARANGANYAR, Indonesia - It has been four, long, hot months since Mr Sunardi’s village has seen any rainfall amid an El Nino-induced drought that has parched Indonesia.In an hour or two, water - salty and muddy - will fill the freshly dug hole. Mr Sunardi, and scores of other residents in Karanganyar village in Central Java province, then take the water home to drink, wash and irrigate their slowly dying crops.
“The plants here, such as corn, have all withered. Tobacco can live, but it doesn’t grow optimally, so we have to keep watering it with the river bed water too.” is affecting more than two-thirds of the vast nation, including all of Java, the northern areas of Kalimantan and all but the coastal areas of Sumatra.
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