Islanders face limited fresh water in early dry seasonVietNamNet Bridge – Half of the farming area on Ly Son Island, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai Province, has been salinised in the early dry season this year, reducing coverage of the key crop purple onion from 170ha to 50ha. A farmer waters for a farm of onion and garlic in Ly Son Island, off the coast of Quang Ngai Province. Farmers on the island have been facing limited sources of water in early dry season of 2018. “We have called for saving daily fresh water use among 22,000 residents and tourists, while dredging wells to seek deeper water,” Huong said. “Water for farming will face a serious deficiency if local farmers do not cut farming area in the summer-autumn onion crop.

Source: VietNamNet News May 22, 2018 07:19 UTC