Iran: Khuzestan rice farmers waiting for a repeat of a summer 'disaster'

In an interview with ISNA, Mohammad Savari said about the possibility of banning rice planting in Khuzestan due to lack of water: Rice cultivation in Khuzestan is associated with disasters every year, such as when there was water for rice cultivation, announced They said that there was no water, and in times of water shortage, they sought to reduce rice cultivation to zero. "Rice farmers have paid the initial costs for growing rice," he said. Officials either do not know the consequences of reducing rice cultivation to zero, or rice farmers are the only part that officials can easily catch up with and get rid of. The head of the Khuzestan Rice Workers' Association continued: "Other industries have health insurance, salaries and other things, but the only way to earn a living for rice and farmers is agriculture and rice cultivation." Savari said: "Although in previous years, rice farmers in Khuzestan were allowed to plant rice, but this permission was accompanied by mint." He ...