date:Aug 08, 2013
Harvesting of the 2013 main season rice crop, which accounts for 70 per cent of the aggregate production is well underway and due to be completed by the end of August.
In May, heavy rains were recorded throughout the country, thus concluding the dry season which generally runs from December to April. Despite localized light floods in marginalized lowland areas close to rivers and streams, rainfall conditions during the season benefited food crops, favouring vegetative development.
Higher yield