UNB, Dhaka :
Urgent action is needed to prevent salt intrusion causing severe damage to rice production and loss of drinking water in Bangladesh and Vietnam, according to reports by the World Bank and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO).
The reports say sea level rise, combined with the floods and waterlogging caused by cyclones and typhoons, is threatening large areas of land that is currently highly productive. Unless counter measures are taken to stop the levels of salt rising and to develop more salt-resistant strains of rice, then both nations will increasingly struggle to feed their rising populations, say the World Bank and the NIBIO.
Their reports also say there will be mass migration away from the affected areas, according to a message received here from London. Dr Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, international coordinator for the ClimaViet project, says: Saline levels in soils and irrigation waters in coastal areas are steadily increasing, it is vital that something is done about it before the situation gets
Urgent action is needed to prevent salt intrusion causing severe damage to rice production and loss of drinking water in Bangladesh and Vietnam, according to reports by the World Bank and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO).
The reports say sea level rise, combined with the floods and waterlogging caused by cyclones and typhoons, is threatening large areas of land that is currently highly productive. Unless counter measures are taken to stop the levels of salt rising and to develop more salt-resistant strains of rice, then both nations will increasingly struggle to feed their rising populations, say the World Bank and the NIBIO.
Their reports also say there will be mass migration away from the affected areas, according to a message received here from London. Dr Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, international coordinator for the ClimaViet project, says: Saline levels in soils and irrigation waters in coastal areas are steadily increasing, it is vital that something is done about it before the situation gets
