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4. Si Sa Ket province
ANNEX IV-21
This is one of the southern tier of provinces of the
Northeast, located in Agro-Economic Zone 4. Rainfall data
from Surin Province, the closest weather station to Si Sa
Ket is stown in Figure 17i
Tamoons Tae and Taket
These ate two small contiguous tambons, located in the
same di .rict, near to the provincial capit-l. They are
both vrL-ually 100% paddy fields (Figures 18 and 19) and
have rather similar characteristics. Non-glutinous rice
production is dominant, using relatively high levels of
cash inputs, especially fertilizer. Although virtually no
cassava oz kenaf is grown and livestock production is
1lm ted by dvailable grazing land, substantial amounts of
watermeion