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Massive flooding destroys Cirebon crops

An official has said that thousands of farmers in Cirebon regency faced crop failure due to massive flooding that had inundated their fields for days

Nana Rukmana (The Jakarta Post)
Cirebon
Tue, January 21, 2014

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Massive flooding destroys Cirebon crops

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n official has said that thousands offarmers in Cirebon regency faced crop failure due to massive flooding thathad inundated their fields for days.

'€œThey are going to lose their revenue because of the crop failure,'€ Cirebon regency'€™s Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock head, Ali Effendi, said on Tuesday.

He said more than 3,000 farmers in 10 districts throughout the region would suffer financial losses. He added that according to the most recent data, around 3,500 hectares of agricultural land had been inundated.

One of the farmers affected, Maman, acknowledged that he had suffered losses of about Rp 4 million.

'€œThe chance of my being able to save my crops is very slim,'€ he said.

Cirebon is one of the country'€™s top rice-producing areas, contributing 450,000 tons of rice from 80,000 hectares of paddy field.(dic)

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