1.   Many a fine harvest has been ruined by rains that arrived two or three days sooner than expected.

2.   Although rain halted on Saturday, whole harvests may be ruined if the excess water does not run off quickly, state-run media reported.

3.   Earthquakes and a summer drought that ruined harvests did the greatest harm, the newspaper said quoting Li Bengong, a disaster relief official in the Civil Affairs Ministry.

4.   Indonesia is undergoing its worst economic crisis in decades and the price of rice has soared, compounded by a drought that ruined many harvests.

5.   The increases were blamed on rains ruining harvests and hoarding by some merchants.

6.   The severe dry season in various parts of Indonesia has ruined harvests, and dried up clean water sources in Irian Jaya.

7.   Two years of floods have ruined harvests and left much of the fields covered with sand and rocks.

8.   Unusually cold weather ruined harvests in most of northeast Asia that year.

9.   Whole harvests may be ruined if the rain continues and excess water does not run off quickly, the newspaper report said.

10.   Fields of manioc, maize and rice are inundated and the harvest has been ruined just as it was about to be harvested.