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Salt farmers in Indonesia reap dividends amid El Nino-triggered drought

Updated: 2026-09-14 09:39
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A farmer packs sacks of salt on a dike during harvest at a salt pond in Pengarengan village, Cirebon, West Java Province, Indonesia, on July 30. [Photo/Agencies]

Salt farmers in Indonesia's West Java Province are reaping the benefits of an El Nino-driven drought even as crop farmers brace for a prolonged challenge from the baking heat.

The sprawling Southeast Asian tropical archipelago is grappling with an intensifying El Nino, a climate pattern that typically brings hotter, drier conditions across much of Southeast Asia, raising the risk of drought, wildfires and crop losses.

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