date:Jun 11, 2014
Early planting of the 2014 main season paddy crop, accounting for almost 80 per cent of the annual production, is currently underway. Below average rains in the main rice?producing areas are delaying field operations.
Preliminary official estimates, as of end-April, indicate that 62 117 hectares have been planted under the rice crop, 23 per cent less than the area planted at the same time in 2013. However, assuming an increase in precipitation in the coming weeks, FAO tentatively projects this