Kedah padi farmers incur RM13.5mil in losses

JITRA: A total of 972 rice farmers under the Farmers’ Organisation Authority (LPP) in Kedah have suffered losses of approximately RM13.5mil after more than 1,500ha of padi fields were flooded.

LPP chairman Datuk Mahfuz Omar said the Asun Area Farmers’ Organisation (PPK) was among the hardest hit, with 367ha of padi fields affected and 189 farmers involved.