Agriculture ministry to conduct cloud seeding over padi fields if El Nino persists


KUALA LUMPUR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry is ready to conduct cloud seeding to induce rainfall in padi cultivation areas if the El Nino phenomenon persists.

Its Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said this would be carried out in collaboration with the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the National Disaster Management Agency and the Prime Minister's Department.

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