Vietnam May Lose 2M Ha of Rice Paddy from Climate Change

Vietnam may lose 2 million of hectares of rice paddy from climate change if the country does not take measures to cope, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dao Xuan Hoc said at a meeting in Hanoi on October 28.
Hoc said that if the sea level rises by one meter, 90% of land area in Mekong Delta region and 53,000 hectares of land in central coastal Vietnam will be submerged, 70% of land areas will become salty in dry season.
The Asian Development Bank forecast that the temperature increase by 1oC and rice productivity drops by 10% on average annually. In addition to epidemics, these factors have negative effects on Vietnam’s food security as it is the world’s second biggest rice exporter.
There are also climate change effects on aquaculture, salt production and the ecosystem of forest, especially mangrove forest in coastal areas. Indigo forests, and fauna and flora will also change in both quantity and quality