{"id":4406,"date":"2015-01-16T18:20:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:12:47","slug":"vietnam-climate-change-threatens-rice-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2015\/01\/vietnam-climate-change-threatens-rice-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: Climate change threatens rice production"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vietnam is the world\u2019s second largest exporter of rice and 80 per cent of it is grown in the Mekong Delta, a vast flood plain and one of Asia\u2019s most fertile agricultural zones. But farmers here say the future of rice production is now threatened because of rising sea levels and temperature increases attributed to climate change.<\/p>\n