2009 Drought in Cambodia

PREY KLA, CAMBODIA - A Cambodian farmer, Chhun Samnang, 49, plants rice on the dry earth in the rice paddy at Prey Kla village, Kampong Speu province some 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. According to the government's rice agency, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), said this year drought has affected thousands of hectares of rice paddy through out the country, and eight provinces are hit by drought. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

PREY KLA, CAMBODIA - A Cambodian farmer plants rice on the dry earth in the rice paddy in Kampong Speu province, some 22 miles south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According to the government's rice agency, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), said this year drought has affected thousands of hectares of rice paddy through out the country, and eight provinces are hit by drought. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)