A U.N. food agency is appealing for $33.5 million to help small farmers and fishermen in cyclone-hit Myanmar.

The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said that 75 percent of farmers in the country’s main food-producing region lack sufficient seed, with little time left before the end of the planting season in August.

The agency said over 50,000 small-scale farming households and 99,000 landless rural households need immediate assistance. More than 100,000 fishermen have also been affected.

FAO said in a statement Thursday that some 1,934,793 acres of rice paddy fields were submerged when Cyclone Nargis struck in May and up to 85 percent of seed stocks were destroyed.

Fish and rice constitute the key components of Myanmar’s diet.