<h3>农业部长表示，如果国家无法生产足够的稻米，国家安全可能会受到威胁。</h3>
<p>马来西亚正试图通过人工降雨来为该国的 “稻米盆地” 北部带来急需的降雨，该地区的干旱已延迟了这一主食作物的种植，并引发了供应担忧。</p>
<p>马来西亚农业和食品安全部长穆罕默德·萨布表示：“今年……受到持续干旱、降雨量低和水库水位下降的影响。”</p>
<p>这些条件意味着农民错过了稻米 “湿直接播种” 的三个通常种植阶段中的两个，而这种技术需要将田地淹水。干直接播种是一种可行的替代方案，直到六月份。</p>
<p>然而，农民表示，这种技术的产量较低，并且天气条件使得在某些田地中根本无法实施。</p>
<p>尽管该地区超过 50% 的稻田已做好准备，但由于农民在等待降雨，实际种植的面积仅占一小部分。</p>
<p>穆罕默德坚称，种植 “并未被取消”，但 “正在实施临时调整和缓解措施。”</p>
<p>根据当地报道，吉打州穆达农业发展局地区的主要水库水位仅为 8%。</p>
<p><strong>高成本</strong></p>
<p>在该地区拥有三公顷稻田的农民阿卜杜勒·拉希德·尤布表示，干旱的影响因与伊朗战争相关的燃料成本上涨而加剧。</p>
<p>“即使有水可用，许多人也因高成本而无法继续。”</p>
<p>稻米是马来西亚的主食作物，年消费约 250 万吨，其中约一半是国内生产的。</p>
<p>大部分稻米来自马来西亚半岛北部，吉打州是最大的生产者。</p>
<p>穆罕默德表示，该地区对马来西亚的粮食安全 “具有战略重要性”。</p>
<p>因此，面对干枯的棕色田地，马来西亚总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣本周宣布进行人工降雨作业以引发降雨。</p>
<p>该过程涉及从飞机向云中喷洒碘化银和盐等颗粒，以产生降雨，并用于影响天气模式或减少空气污染。</p>
<p>但成功取决于大气条件——没有云，播种就无法进行。报告显示，官员们希望尽快开始播种，但尚未公开设定日期。</p>
<p>政府已宣布计划以抵消燃料成本，包括增加援助计划。</p>
<p><strong>应对困难</strong></p>
<p>位于南部霹雳州的小规模稻农菲特里·阿米特对这些措施持怀疑态度，他表示这些措施往往会延迟，只有在农民的 “资金已经耗尽” 后才会到来。</p>
<p>“农民更希望通过提高稻谷价格来获得支持，” 他说，指的是种植稻米的销售价格。</p>
<p>“如果稻谷价格得到保证，一旦他们出售，就能拿到钱，” 他说。</p>
<p>尽管他位于吉打州的恶劣天气以南，但他也在干旱条件下挣扎。</p>
<p>“灌溉被停止，因为水库水位低，” 他说。</p>
<p>虽然马来西亚的稻农过去曾因干旱或降雨不规律而苦苦挣扎，但穆罕默德表示：“今年的挑战更为显著”，他提到 “持续的高温、降雨量低于正常水平以及几个灌溉水库的水资源减少。”</p>
<p>此次危机发生之际，亚洲正面临厄尔尼诺天气现象可能回归的威胁，这将带来全球风、气压和降雨的变化。</p>
<p>气象预报员表示，它可能在 5 月至 7 月之间发展，初步观察表明它可能特别强烈。</p>
<p>厄尔尼诺系统通常对亚洲影响严重，给该地区部分地区带来热浪和干旱，而其他地方则带来暴雨。</p>

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<p>马来西亚正在实施人工增雨，以应对影响其北部地区稻米生产的干旱，这对粮食安全至关重要。农业部长强调，持续的干旱天气导致种植延迟，农民错过了三次种植中的两次。尽管超过 50% 的稻田已准备就绪，但由于缺乏降雨，实际种植的面积很少。不断上涨的燃料成本进一步加剧了这一局面。政府还推出了补贴这些成本的项目，但农民对这些措施的有效性表示怀疑</p>

<h3>The country’s national security could be threatened if it does not produce enough rice, the agricultural minister said</h3>
<div class="lb-trans"><h3>农业部长表示，如果国家无法生产足够的稻米，国家安全可能会受到威胁。</h3>
</div><p>Malaysia is attempting to use cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country’s “rice bowl” north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>马来西亚正试图通过人工降雨来为该国的 “稻米盆地” 北部带来急需的降雨，该地区的干旱已延迟了这一主食作物的种植，并引发了供应担忧。</p>
</div><p>“This year ... has been affected by prolonged dry weather, low rainfall and reduced dam water levels,” Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Mohamad Sabu said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>马来西亚农业和食品安全部长穆罕默德·萨布表示：“今年……受到持续干旱、降雨量低和水库水位下降的影响。”</p>
</div><p>The conditions mean farmers have missed two of the three usual planting phases for “wet direct seeding” of rice, a technique that requires fields to be flooded. Dry direct seeding is an alternative that is viable until June.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这些条件意味着农民错过了稻米 “湿直接播种” 的三个通常种植阶段中的两个，而这种技术需要将田地淹水。干直接播种是一种可行的替代方案，直到六月份。</p>
</div><p>However, farmers say the technique provides lower yields and that weather conditions have rendered it impossible in some fields anyway.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，农民表示，这种技术的产量较低，并且天气条件使得在某些田地中根本无法实施。</p>
</div><p>While more than 50 percent of the region’s rice fields have been prepared, just a fraction have been planted as farmers await the rain.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>尽管该地区超过 50% 的稻田已做好准备，但由于农民在等待降雨，实际种植的面积仅占一小部分。</p>
</div><p>Planting has “not been canceled,” Mohamad insisted, but “temporary adjustments and mitigation measures are being implemented.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>穆罕默德坚称，种植 “并未被取消”，但 “正在实施临时调整和缓解措施。”</p>
</div><p>In Kedah’s Muda Agricultural Development Authority areas, the main dam reservoir for the region is at just eight percent, according to local reports.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据当地报道，吉打州穆达农业发展局地区的主要水库水位仅为 8%。</p>
</div><p><strong>HIGH COSTS</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>高成本</strong></p>
</div><p>Farmer Abdul Rashid Yob, who has a three hectare paddy in the region, said the drought’s impact was being compounded by rising fuel costs linked to the war in Iran.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在该地区拥有三公顷稻田的农民阿卜杜勒·拉希德·尤布表示，干旱的影响因与伊朗战争相关的燃料成本上涨而加剧。</p>
</div><p>“Even where water is available, many cannot afford to proceed due to high costs.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“即使有水可用，许多人也因高成本而无法继续。”</p>
</div><p>Rice is a staple crop in Malaysia, which consumes about 2.5 million tonnes a year, about half of which is produced domestically.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>稻米是马来西亚的主食作物，年消费约 250 万吨，其中约一半是国内生产的。</p>
</div><p>Most of that comes from northern peninsular Malaysia, with Kedah the biggest producer.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>大部分稻米来自马来西亚半岛北部，吉打州是最大的生产者。</p>
</div><p>The region is “strategically important to Malaysia’s food security”, Mohamad said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>穆罕默德表示，该地区对马来西亚的粮食安全 “具有战略重要性”。</p>
</div><p>So with farmers facing dry brown fields that should be lush, flooded paddies, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this week announced cloud-seeding operations to trigger rain.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>因此，面对干枯的棕色田地，马来西亚总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣本周宣布进行人工降雨作业以引发降雨。</p>
</div><p>The process involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to produce rainfall and is used to affect weather patterns or even tamp down air pollution.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该过程涉及从飞机向云中喷洒碘化银和盐等颗粒，以产生降雨，并用于影响天气模式或减少空气污染。</p>
</div><p>But success depends on atmospheric conditions — without clouds, seeding does not work. Reports suggest officials hope to begin seeding soon, but no date has been publicly set.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但成功取决于大气条件——没有云，播种就无法进行。报告显示，官员们希望尽快开始播种，但尚未公开设定日期。</p>
</div><p>The government has announced programs to offset fuel costs, including boosts to aid programs.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>政府已宣布计划以抵消燃料成本，包括增加援助计划。</p>
</div><p><strong>STRUGGLING WITH CONDITIONS</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>应对困难</strong></p>
</div><p>Fitri Amit, a small-scale rice farmer in the Perak region to the south, was skeptical of the measures, which he said were often delayed, arriving only once farmers’ “capital has already been drained”.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>位于南部霹雳州的小规模稻农菲特里·阿米特对这些措施持怀疑态度，他表示这些措施往往会延迟，只有在农民的 “资金已经耗尽” 后才会到来。</p>
</div><p>“Farmers prefer that support be given by increasing the paddy price,” he said, referring to the sale price of cultivated rice.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“农民更希望通过提高稻谷价格来获得支持，” 他说，指的是种植稻米的销售价格。</p>
</div><p>“If the paddy price is guaranteed, once they sell, they get the money,” he said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“如果稻谷价格得到保证，一旦他们出售，就能拿到钱，” 他说。</p>
</div><p>Although he is south of Kedah’s dire weather, he has also been struggling with dry conditions.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>尽管他位于吉打州的恶劣天气以南，但他也在干旱条件下挣扎。</p>
</div><p>“Irrigation was stopped because the reservoir levels were low,” he said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“灌溉被停止，因为水库水位低，” 他说。</p>
</div><p>While Malaysian rice farmers have struggled with drought or erratic rainfall in the past, “this year’s challenges are more significant”, said Mohamad, citing “prolonged hot weather, lower-than-usual rainfall and declining water reserves in several irrigation dams.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>虽然马来西亚的稻农过去曾因干旱或降雨不规律而苦苦挣扎，但穆罕默德表示：“今年的挑战更为显著”，他提到 “持续的高温、降雨量低于正常水平以及几个灌溉水库的水资源减少。”</p>
</div><p>The crisis comes with Asia bracing for a possible return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, which brings worldwide changes in winds, air pressure and rainfall.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>此次危机发生之际，亚洲正面临厄尔尼诺天气现象可能回归的威胁，这将带来全球风、气压和降雨的变化。</p>
</div><p>Forecasters say it could develop as soon as May to July, and initial observations suggest it could be particularly strong.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>气象预报员表示，它可能在 5 月至 7 月之间发展，初步观察表明它可能特别强烈。</p>
</div><p>Asia is often heavily affected by El Nino systems, which bring heatwaves and droughts to part of the region and heavy rains elsewhere.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>厄尔尼诺系统通常对亚洲影响严重，给该地区部分地区带来热浪和干旱，而其他地方则带来暴雨。</p>
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马来西亚计划通过人工增雨来应对持续的干旱