Hoping for rain in Makilala / Kidapawan
What have we groaned when in January this year, the rain did
not stop. And now we have the opposite: We desperately need rain!
Especially in the area around Makilala / Kidapawan, at the
foot of Mt. Apo, drought is spreading. Whenever the sky will get darkened in the last time, many farmers were hoping for rain - which unfortunately did
not happen. It is once again the EL NINO-time. And it will last - as we have
already seen it several times - until about June.
Should it really take so long, then the harvest prospects
are poor. Everything will dry up. But some clever farmers have found a way - if
they have access to a river, a stream, or at least to a water hole: A
water-pressure pump is purchased. And so the fields - rice fields or rubber trees or .. or... - are irrigated just as long as water is available.And 100 meters of hose and more is not uncommon.
For the hardware business a great deal. Within a few days,
all new and used pressure pumps were sold out.
With best regards
Ludwig from Davao
