Iran: If there is no water for rice farmers, do not give water to sugarcane

In an interview with ISNA, Mohammad Savari, regarding the ban on rice cultivation in Khuzestan due to water shortage and drought this year, said: The water quota required for sugarcane cultivation projects has been provided and the only place where the oppressed are located and no attention is paid to them. They are rice farmers of Khuzestan. He said: Khuzestani rice farmers face this calamity and problem every year; If there really is no water or there are restrictions on its rations, rice farmers should be equated with sugarcane growers and sugarcane should be shut down. The head of the Khuzestan Rice Farmers Association stated: It seems that the power arm of sugarcane growers is very strong and their profession has a buyer. Savari stated: The only way for the rice farmers to earn a living is to cultivate rice; We ask the governor of Khuzestan to hold a meeting on the problems of banning rice cultivation to see if the conditions of rice farmers are really understood. Or is rice ...