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Vietnam's rice bonanza goes bust - FeatureTien Giang, Vietnam - Looking out over the rice paddies from the porch of her wooden house in the Mekong Delta, 56-year-old Huynh Thi Be said she was lucky. She sold her spring rice crop in June, as soon as she harvested it. The two-ton crop brought ... ... |
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Water Footprints Make a SplashBy Ben Block If the full water requirements of a morning roast are calculated - farm irrigation, bean transportation, and the serving of the coffee - one cup requires 140 liters of water. This notion of a product's "water footprint" is gaining traction. Defined as the total volu... |
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Water Footprints Make a SplashA cup of coffee has a hidden cost. If the full water requirements of a morning roast are calculated - farm irrigation, bean transportation, and the serving of the coffee - one cup requires 140 liters of water. This notion of a product's "water footprint" is gaining traction. Defined as ... |
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Floods damage rice crop in northern VietnamHanoi - Flooding from heavy rains over the past two weeks has severely damaged 15,000 hectares of rice paddies in far northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese press reported Monday. The Agriculture Ministry had sent an urgent message Sunday to farmers in nor... ... |
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China's smogs have surprise climate benefitIt may be the scourge of China's Olympic organisers, but the industrial smog could be cutting emissions of methane from rice paddies ... |
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China's smogs have surprise climate benefitIt may be the scourge of China's Olympic organisers, but the industrial smog could be cutting emissions of methane from rice paddies ... |
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