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600,000 hectares of rice planted earlier in Vietnam to avoid risk to salinity intrusion brought by the 2019 El Nino

Based on directives issued by the MARD Vice Minister and the Department of Crop Production (DCP), the rice planting calendar in the Mekong River Delta(MRD) was adjusted to avoid salinity intrusion brought by the 2019 El Nino. The adjustments covering more than 600,000 hectares(Novemebr 2018 early pl...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
rice
climate
adaptation
production
crop production
salinity
planting
risk
maps
mekong river
el nino
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121775
Sumario:Based on directives issued by the MARD Vice Minister and the Department of Crop Production (DCP), the rice planting calendar in the Mekong River Delta(MRD) was adjusted to avoid salinity intrusion brought by the 2019 El Nino. The adjustments covering more than 600,000 hectares(Novemebr 2018 early planting reached 802,702 ha from 174,538 ha in 2017 and the December to February planting went down to 596,543 from 1,226,961 ha) were guided by climate-risk related maps and adaptation plans(CS-MAP) developed for the 13 provinces.

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