DRY SPELL IRKS FARMERS- PAKISTAN

Most of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas have not received rainfall putting wheat growers into misery. For the first time after 2002, the area is facing dry spell at this time of the year.  If this persists for a couple of weeks, the farmers will have to incur huge financial loses. In 2010, wheat was cultivated on around 370,000 hectares in the arid area of the province 
17 December
http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/17/dry-spell-worries-wheat-growers.html