Consumers have been warned to expect a shortage of vegetables in the market as continuous rain in the last few days has caused farms to be inundated and damaged by strong winds, say farmers. Federation of Vegetable Farmers Associations president Lim Ser Kwee said the sudden and continuous heavy rains had damaged over 1,000 tons of vegetables at farms in the southern peninsula, with losses amounting to tens of millions of ringgit.
For Johor, he said the floods surged overnight and flooded many farms. He added that farmers in the state reported that their water pumps installed on the riverbanks were washed away while machinery was submerged in the water.
The federation’s secretary-general, Chay Ee Mong, also warned of a possible price increase should the weather pattern remained unstable. “It’s hard to predict this round of the rainy season. Even in the Cameron Highlands, there had been several days of strong winds and more than 30 hours of continuous drizzle. This will certainly affect highland vegetables, delaying their growth and harvest cycles. Their yields will drop.”
Source: asianews.network