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Rice farmers in Kattakaduwa in Sri Lanka's northwestern Puttalam District wade in a shallow pond that irrigates their fields. Much of the expenses for the previous growing season were for hiring diesel pumps to draw underground water, they complain.
Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN

  • Rice farmers in Kattakaduwa in Sri Lanka's northwestern Puttalam District wade in a shallow pond that irrigates their fields. Much of the expenses for the previous growing season were for hiring diesel pumps to draw underground water, they complain.

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  • Credits Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN
  • Themes Food
  • Regions Sri Lanka

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