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#Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh #water as drought brings salinisation

"The area is crisscrossed by waterways, but the prolonged #heatwave and lack of rain are causing #salinisation -- the intrusion of salt water from the sea -- badly affecting crops in a region vital to feeding the nation of 90 million people."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240320-vietnam-farmers-struggle-for-fresh-water-as-drought-brings-salinisation

The #MekongDelta faces #Saltwater intrusion every year, but more intense hot weather and rising sea levels -- both driven by #ClimateChange -- are increasing the risk.

The delta, which provides food and livelihoods for tens of millions of people, faces nearly $3 billion a year in #CropLosses as more #saltwater seeps into arable land. #RisingSeas

#Vietnam #farmers struggle for fresh water as drought brings #Salinisation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vietnam-farmers-struggle-for-fresh-water-as-drought-brings-salinisation/ar-BB1kcyBm?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

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Once lush rice paddies in southern Vietnam now stand cracked and dry amid a blazing heatwave. A man walks across the cracked fields under the blazing sun with a empty bucket over his head.

The damage would likely centre on the #MekongDelta region, known as "#Vietnam's rice bowl" because it provides food and livelihoods for tens of millions of people, research from the country's environment ministry showed. #RisingSeas #FoodSecurity #Salinisation

Vietnam faces $3bn annual #CropLosses from rising #SaltWater levels
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240317-vietnam-faces-3bn-annual-crop-losses-from-rising-saltwater-levels

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