Farmers to be asked not to plant second rice crop due to water shortage

[CGW]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

For the cost of one submarine they could probably build a network of canals to move rain water from where it falls to where it doesn't.

Unfortunately there are no areas in the North East where there is an abundance of water, the farmers have to make the best of what little they have, which isn't a lot, just about enough to keep them in poverty and servitude! as it has done for generations now - why change!

The cost of a submarine may cover the cost of a decent sized pipeline to carry water from the south, would it be feasible? least it would be start, Middle Eastern countries move water around by pipelines quite successfully. First you need someone in power who gives a dam!

[PatOngo]

8 hours ago, ukrules said:

What should they eat if they don't grow the food they eat?

Sandwiches!

[Speedo1968]

8 hours ago, ukrules said:

This won't be popular with the local peasantry, most of them grow the food they eat.

 

What should they eat if they don't grow the food they eat?

 

As was once said, "Let them eat cake".

[Speedo1968]

38 minutes ago, CGW said:

Unfortunately there are no areas in the North East where there is an abundance of water, the farmers have to make the best of what little they have, which isn't a lot, just about enough to keep them in poverty and servitude! as it has done for generations now - why change!

The cost of a submarine may cover the cost of a decent sized pipeline to carry water from the south, would it be feasible? least it would be start, Middle Eastern countries move water around by pipelines quite successfully. First you need someone in power who gives a dam!

Perhaps they will, in emergencies, send by high speed rail.    Have seen it done in Australia many years ago only it was a slow speed train.

[Speedo1968]

Would growing salt tolerant species of rice in the first planting, help utilize more land to increase rice stocks at the start of the rice growing season ?

[Tayaout]

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Is that won't count or can't count?

 

Googling "produce rice with less water" shows lots of results.

They probably won't like this one, it will cause a loss of face:

"With a focus on India – a country which faces a major water crisis, yet has the world’s largest rice cultivated area – the study found that the system of rice intensification (SRI) method has helped increase yields by over 30% — four to five tonnes per hectare instead of three tonnes per hectare, while using 40% less water than conventional methods."

source:  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071014202450.htm 

It was mentioned in another thread. Some student asked his agronomic Thai teacher about SRI. He obviously replied that this doesn't work in Thailand. 

 

I heard about a foreigner who tested this successfully. He has moved to Cambodia or Vietnam since then. 

 

The reason they flood the rice paddies is because it kills weeds but not rice. However it reduce the yield and increase the water requirements. 

[tso310]

I think it was in November 2017 I was watching Prayuts Friday night storytime. He went on about the lack of planning in rural water management. Nearly 3 years on what has he effectively done ? All I have seen him do is point his fingers at local officials and tell them to sort it out. No sir it needs a national plan and that is your job.