Rice's Role in Vietnam's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Today’s guest is Katie Nelson, a climate change researcher at the International Rice Research Institute - or IRRI - in Hanoi.
We discussed the role of agriculture - and particularly rice farming - in Vietnam’s greenhouse gas emissions, the importance of reducing methane emissions to reach international climate change goals, efforts to mitigate methane production in the country’s rice sector, the alternate wetting and drying farming method, and more.
Related Links:
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
How to stop rice fields producing so much methane
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