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Lack of rain spells trouble to Daito sugar farmersDate Posted: 2003-07-18 “We need everyone’s help,” says Tsutomu Gima, the chairman of Daito Farmers’ Cooperative. “We really need rain. We wish we could get more financial support from JA, village and prefecture so we could build a more effective watering system so we wouldn’t have the same problem every year,” Gima said. He may not have much to hope for. Okinawa Meteorological Agency says that the dry weather is likely to continue through the rest of the month, and there is not even a typhoon in sight. Okinawa’s main island is also beginning to feel the effects of the long dry spell. According to prefecture officials, the water level in the dams is currently at 80.8 percent of capacity but the level is going down fast. “If we do not get a good typhoon soon, everybody should start preparing for water rationing,” an official at the prefecture General Bureau said. |
   
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