Posted on 11/17/2021 4:58:17 AM PST by bert
Country says it can no longer be ‘rice first’ as it urges farmers in Mekong Delta to change planting techniques or consider alternatives.
Mekong Delta, Vietnam – At the United Nations COP26 summit in Scotland, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined 109 countries in pledging to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
To meet the commitment, the Southeast Asian nation will need to look at rice – one of the country’s key exports and a staple food – but also the second biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions among foodstuffs after beef.
The heart of Vietnam’s rice production lies in the country’s Mekong Delta region known as the “rice bowl” of the nation. More than 50 percent of the country’s total rice and 95 percent of its exports are grown here, in an area roughly the size of the Netherlands.
But rice farming in the Mekong faces a double challenge – not only is the crop a source of emissions but rising sea levels linked to climate change, as well as man-made factors, are making the grain increasingly difficult to grow in the low-lying region.
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As the water lays stagnant on the surface, there is no exchange of air between the soil and the atmosphere, which means methane-producing bacteria can thrive.
When released into the air, the gas is more than 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Vietnam raises an issue for discussion as relevant as cow farts in America
People have to stop eating.
They’ll be going after our swamps and bayous next.
Are we really at the point of saying, “Rice fields fart?”
And then there’s this.
I don’t like to post more than one article per day but I had trouble choosing between a Vietnamese methane producing rice crisis and a noodle seller jailed for imitating “Salt Bae,” a Vietnamese government official eating a gold leaf encrusted steak at a London eatery
“Vietnam police summon noodle seller after ‘Salt Bae’ parody video”
https://www.jpost.com/international/vietnam-police-summon-noodle-seller-after-salt-bae-parody-video-685220
Note that the first article is from Al jezeera and the second is from the Jerusalem Post. We just don’t get good reporting from Covid only American News Sources
Twenty years from now, Vietnam will be begging the USA to save them from starvation because that arugula thing didn’t work out for them.
I see starvation in Viet Nam’s future.
You don’t willy-nilly mess with a country’s traditional agriculture.
As the water lays stagnant on the surface, there is no exchange of air between the soil and the atmosphere, which means methane-producing bacteria can thrive.
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AKA a swamp.
So what are these experts suggesting? How about draining all swamp areas? Idiots.
Pham Minh Chinh used to be an intelligence officer, but is obviously not too intelligent.
You have to flood the fields to plant the rice. They should let them grain and dry out after the seedlings are planted. At least that’s what we do in Thailand.
Not really enough time for dead plant material to decompose.
I can see rice prices rising though as demand for Thai rice goes up if Vietnam reduces production.
Good for rice producers here. Bad for rice consumers. I may have to buy a Rai of land and start with some rice farming lol
It’s good to know Al Jezeera is on the case.
Seems like the UN wants people to starve themselves to death.
“ How about draining all swamp areas? Idiots.”
Come on man! You can’t do that! You’ll kill off the Yellow Fart Sniffing Newt or some such swamp dwelling critter.
I think Asia should definitely give up on rice. After they do that, I’ll think again about my beef consumption.
In reality the rice fields create their own environment, providing fish, shellfish, crab’s and snails that are found to thrive in those conditions. A Mainstay of the local populations.
Forgot to add eel’s to that list.
Start with Washington DC.
Or stop being for the far Left that want population reduced by ninety percent.
Gee if people just stopped eating there would be no threat from climate change.
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