Scientists Race to Save World's Rice Bowl From Climate Change

More frequent floods and droughts expected in Southeast Asia.

Rice production in Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rice production in the Mekong delta has seen phenomenal increase in recent years, though in some years drought conditions have impeded this growth. This increase is attributed to planting of modern early maturing rice varieties, better management, appropriate Legal Constructs by the Government. Forty two IRRI researched varieties of rice were released for adoption in the Mekong Delta and according to IRRI sources these varieties cover 60% of the irrigated rice-growing area in the delta.^[14] Area brought under Rice paddy, which was at 4.744 million ha in 1961 increased to 7.305 million ha in 2007.^[15] Correspondingly, Rice production in Vietnam which was 8.997 million tonnes in 1961 and 10.29 millions tonnes in 1975, gradually increased the next over two decades to 35.567 million tonnes in 2007 – an almost fourfold increase in a period of 46 years from 1961 to 2007.^[16]

The Philippines triples its rice yield

In the last fifty years, the Philippines has more than tripled its rice yield