VIENTIANE --- Laos may not be able to meet its rainy season rice harvest targets this year as widespread flooding affects many parts of the country, according to authorities. Last year, the country lost 30,000 hectares or around 130,000 tonnes of rice from flooding, drought and yellow-spined bamboo locust outbreaks, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Last year, a total 330 villages in 24 districts of five provinces were affected by these issues, the ministry reported. The government planned to encourage farmers to produce 4.3 million tonnes of rice but they were only able to produce around 4.1 million tonnes or 95 p...
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