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Indonesia - Drought in Indonesia 2015 Situation Report, Period 31 August 2015

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• The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) recorded drought in Indonesia this year due to the El Nino phenomenon.

• 16 provinces covering 102 districts / cities in Indonesia by the end of July 2015 was a deficit of water. (BNPB).

• Data from the Ministry of Agriculture show Java Island is the most affected by El Niño compared to other islands. Farmland drought in January-July 2015 about 111,000 hectares and the crop failures of around 8,000 ha.

• To overcome the drought emergency in the short term, the distribution of water tanker trucks have been mobilized. The Government will also make artificial rain at some point endemic drought region of Indonesia such as West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, Lampung and West Nusa Tenggara.