Indonesia warns farmers, plantation companies to prepare for drier weather and fires

The head of Indonesian's meteorology agency said farmers and plantation companies could be caught off guard following three years of wet weather. - Reuters

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesia’s government has warned farmers and plantation companies to be on guard against fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan due to possible prolonged drier conditions across South-East Asia caused by the El Nino weather pattern.

Central Sumatra - from where haze occasionally travelled to Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore - usually sees dry spells twice a year, around March and again around October.