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Digital app forecasts low rain volume, warns farmers to store water

Digital app forecasts low rain volume, warns farmers to store water

Farm Man Yum, the mobile application created by Total Access Communication (DTAC) and its partner Ricult, has revealed that rainfall volume in the second half of the year will be low and delayed, especially in the northeastern region.

The affected areas are Choom-Puang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Warin Chumrab district, Ubon Ratchathani province, Muang district, Surin province, Pa Sak Cholasit dam and Ubolratana dam.
Farmers in these areas are being encouraged to use the app to ensure they have accurate rainfall and weather forecasts. 
“Farm Man Yum” is able to accurately forecast rainfall volume for individual plots from 7 days, 6 weeks to 9 months ahead.
The rainfall volume in Nakhon Ratchasima province will be lower than during the same period last year and farmers are being advised to store water to prevent the rice plants from dying.
Similarly, Farm Man Yum has forecast 6 weeks ahead that the rainfall volume will not increase until mid August so planted rice will require irrigation from stored water to prevent it from dying.
Farmers in Ubon Ratchathani province are encouraged to store water during September-October to prevent the rice going flat.
Farmers from Warin Chumrab district, Ubon Ratchathani, meanwhile, are encouraged to store water during September-October period, which is when the rice plants flower. If the rainfall in this period is as low as the lowest forecast of Farm Man Yum, the rice will become stressed and be below standard. 
The rainfall volume in Muang district of Surin province during a 9-month rainfall forecast from Ricult appears to be similar to that of Ubon Ratchathani province but the water level will be lower. Farmers in Surin must be aware of water shortages during October.
The water levels in Pa Sak Cholasit dam, Lop Buri province and Ubolratana dam, Khon Kaen province have reached critical level. The situation at Pa Sak Cholasit dam is so critical that farmers in the surrounding area have been told to refrain from planting crops with a long growing season. To make matters worse, the app indicates that rainfall volume in the second half of the year will be so low that it will affect water supply.

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