Voice of America Claims Global Warming Is Decimating Vietnam Rice Production – as Yields Keeps Setting Records
By
H. Sterling Burnett -
May 10, 2021 0
Among the top stories of Google News search results today for “climate change” is an article from Voice of America (VOA), claiming global warming is forcing Vietnamese farmers to abandon rice production in favor of shrimp production. However, objective crop data reported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tells an entirely different story. Rice production and yields have set new records virtually every year in Vietnam as the Earth modestly warms. Shrimp has long been among Vietnam’s largest sea food exports, and shrimp production is setting records, as well.
The VOA story, titled “Climate Change Pushes Vietnam’s Rice Growers to Farm Shrimp,” tells anecdotal stories about some former rice farmers who shifted careers to shrimp aquaculture.
“The effects of climate change are making rice-growing in her area more difficult,” says VOA. “Climate change is affecting everyone, so they have to try new things to survive.”
To the extent climate change is affecting rice production in Vietnam, data from the FAO show it is increasing production and yields, not reducing them.
https://climaterealism.com/2021/05/voice-of-america-claims-global-warming-is-decimating-vietnam-rice-production-as-yields-keeps-setting-records/
