Climate Change Pushes Vietnam’s Rice Growers to Farm Shrimp
May 09, 2021
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Farmer Ta Thi Thanh Thuy worked hard for years to grow rice on her small piece of land near the mouth of the Mekong River in Vietnam. But now Thuy has started farming
shrimp. Many of her neighbors over the last 10 years have done the same.
In the past, such a change was unlikely. However, the effects of climate change are making rice-growing in her area more difficult. Seawater has brought higher salt levels to the Mekong River Delta area.