ALOR SETAR, May 5 — The Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) appeared to explain the real situation regarding the delay in rice planting in Kedah, while emphasising that the institution is always closely monitoring the situation of padi fields, which are affected by the lack of water supply and increasing operating costs.Its chairman, Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh, said that several cases raised at farmers’ gatherings previously were seen as…