production to a warmer reality

The region’s governments have been creating climate adaptation plans for the agriculture sector to address drought, storms and floods. With the newly recognised predominant threat of extreme heat, governments should now prioritise plans to adapt rice production to a warmer reality. Rice production, a key staple for Southeast Asians, will be severely impacted. Major rice producers Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia will see a multi-fold increase in the number of days with high temperatures that will damage rice crops, resulting in lower yields, impaired farmer health, impoverished soil, and increased wastage along the supply chain. As these countries สล็อต