Farms languish as cold snap hits South-east Asia

[Darthrevan]

FALLING temperatures across the Asian region are chafing farmers and threatening to upset the supply of farm produce, even as the cold snap killed more than 60 people in Thailand.

On Malaysia's Cameron Highlands, famed for its strawberries, tea leaves and vegetables, farmers are frustrated as crops are taking a longer time to harvest.

"When the minimum temperature was 18 deg C, we harvested cabbages in three months," Mr Chai Kok Leong, 45, who owns a vegetable farming business in the Brinchang township, was quoted as saying by The Star.

"Now that the temperature has declined to 12 deg C, we are forced to wait an extra half a month before we can sell them."

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/farms-languish-cold-snap-hits-south-east-asia-20140124

[Wt_know]

with increasing global warming and ice melting ... resulting drop in temperatures ....

next time cabbage can only be harvested every 6 months intead of 3 ... jialat liao

Edited January 27, 2014 by Wt_know

[RadX]

there are about 3 threads on cold weather. Could you all stick to one and post there

 

sooner or later, this will be

 

My Cold Forum