Crop map being drawn to cope with Mekong Delta climate changeScientists are compiling a crop structure map for the Mekong Delta to counter growing climate change impact in the region known as the country’s food granary. Scientists are compiling a crop map for the Mekong Delta to counter the growing climate change impact in the region. Bui Tan Yen, a scientist from the Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), explained the vulnerability of the Mekong Delta region to adverse climate change impact, especially extreme drought, flooding, and salt intrusion. Yên also urged inter-provincial co-operation into building long-term climate change coping models. According to the Southern Institute of Water Resources, since 2010 salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta has been starting 1-1.5 month earlier and lasting longer compared to previous years.

Source: VietNamNet News July 24, 2017 08:03 UTC