BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister told farmers to cultivate less rice to help the country manage its intensifying water crisis, as experts called this year’s drought the worst in decades.
Prayut Chan-Ocha, the junta leader who grabbed power in a military coup two years ago, said his administration was working on a 20-year strategy to diversify the country’s agricultural sector, which has long relied on irrigation-intensive rice production.
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