As El Nino continues to scorch acres of rice in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, the situation is being compounded by the monopolising of the limited water by farmers closer to the source. But the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary-Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) said there isn’t much that can be done and made another strong appeal to the farmers to cooperate with one another.
Stabroek News has been closely following the drought and its effects on the rice farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas. Because of the limited amount of water flowing in the canals, all the farmers are forced to use external pumps to water their lands. A source at