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There is usually no time for rest for farmers from the minute we plant crops until they grow and become ripe and ready for food.
You can see the current stage of the growth of our rice grains. The production of hauls like this is a critical stage where we watch out for the conditions that will make the grains not to produce well.

Rice plants can produce these much hauls and then end up producing no grains within the hauls. It is usually a painful occurrence at harvest hence we often lookout for every situation that can lead to such so that we can avoid it.

One of the things that can cause poor yield for maturing grains like this are birds and animal infestation. This is more like a yearly ritual as birds love feasting on rice haul containing soft sap like these ones. Before the sap matured and becomes a strong grain, the suck these out of the seeds and leave you with chaff at harvest.

Yearly we put up scarecrow as when needed. We are yet to do so for this year but have been consistently hanging around to see if there will be need for such. You can inspect and check out rice pods to check out for birds or rodent attack.

Another of the conditions that can actually make hauls like this not to produce grains within can be lack of adequate supply of rainfall.

Towards the end of the year like this, it is possible for the rains to cease unexpectedly and render maturing grains helpless. Rice plants needs adequate moisture, fertile ground and every other conditions in place for maximum yield.
If the rains cease suddenly we look for alternative. There is a generator in the community which one can rent and connect some pipes go water source to irrigate their farms. The generator works on lease as it is owned by one of the community members.
The rains can cease at any day within this month, we will be on the lookout for when to adopt some irrigation to boost the maturity of our plants.