Tag: water shortage

Takeo provincial authorities pump water into reservoirs for farmers after they protested on Jan. 21, 2025. (Supplied)

Hundreds Block Highway in Takeo, Demand More Water for Irrigation

22 Jan 2025 2:53 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Hundreds of locals and rice farmers in Takeo province blocked National Road 2 earlier this week with tractors and motorcycles, demanding government action on severe…

Farmers set up water pumps along a canal to wait for water to be released from upstream to sustain their dryland paddy rice in Pursat province, January 2024. (CamboJA/Uon Chhin)

Farmers Demand For Release of Water as Shortages Damage Dry Rice Fields

10 Feb 2024 2:06 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

At least 760,000 hectares of dryland rice are planted in a few provinces, however, there is currently a scarcity of water to irrigate their fields,…

View of paddy fields in Kandal province on April 10, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Hot Weather, Dry Season Looms As Agriculture Ministry Calls For More Climate-resilient Crops

27 Dec 2023 7:45 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

The temperature in Cambodia is expected to rise starting February to early May, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Water Resources and…