KOTA KINABALU: Efforts are being made to irrigate padi fields that have dried up or drying up in Kota Belud, the state’s main rice-producing district, following the current month-long drought.
Kota Belud Integrated Agriculture Development Area director Salmah Labulla said her agency and others, including the Drainage and Irrigation Department and Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Organisation Authority, had brought in mobile water pumps.
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