West Java reported that 874 hectares of rice fields suffered from crop failure due to extreme weather, which resulted in landslides, droughts and floods in the latest planting season.

Java rice farmers suffer crop failure as copper mine pollutes local irrigation. Credits . Philip Jacobson Editor. Topics. Agriculture Climate Change Climate Change And Food Copper Crops ...

Rice farmers in Cokrokembang village, East Java province, suspect contamination from a nearby copper mine operated by PT Gemilang Limpah Internusa is to blame for recent crop failures.