Bangkok – The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) will lead a team of volunteers to rehabilitate the extensive flooded areas of Ubon Ratchathani this week. It has also prepared an urgent plan to help flood-affected farmers by providing them with seeds and production aids, organizing a team to repair agricultural tools and listening to their problems immediately after the flood water has subsided.
Chalermchai Sri-orn, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, disclosed that there are still flooded regions in many parts of Ubon Ratchathani city and its surroundings. The MOAC has instructed all agencies to accelerate rehabilitation of flood-affected areas after the flood water has subsided to help people and farmers.
The eight main activities include surveying the damaged area, dispatching mobile units to rehabilitate fish farms, crops and the water supply in each province, accelerating floodwater drainage in the community and agricultural areas by the Royal Irrigation Department, improving soil by the Department of Land Development, distributing seeds by the Department of Agricultural Extension, releasing fish into natural water sources by the Department of Fisheries, repairing agricultural machinery and organizing volunteer teams to help farmers at their request.
The MOAC is to lead its officials on a visit to Ubon Ratchathani on Monday, September 23, to help rehabilitation in flood affected areas so that people are able to return to their normal lives as soon as possible.
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