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IMPACTS of
INTENSIVE RICE
CULTIVATION
In Mekong River Delta
OUTLIN
E
1. Current situation
2. Why intensive rice
cultivation is a problem
3. What intensive rice
cultivation can result in
4. Solutions
1. Current
situation
What is
INTENSIVE RICE
CULTIVATION?
Area
(mil.ha)
1995
2000
2005
2010
6.77
7.67
7.33
7.49
Producti
Yield
vity
(mil.tons
(tons/ha)
)
3.69
24.96
4.24
32.53
4.89
35.79
5.34
39.99
Area
(mil ha)
Yield (mil
tons)
7.44
Productivi
ty
(tons/ha)
5.23
1.16
5.88
6.8
0.67
4.55
3.05
1.22
5.12
6.25
0.21
4.65
0.99
0.31
4.31
1.32
38.89
2. Why intensive
rice cultivation is
a problem
3. What intensive
rice cultivation
can result in
Ecological
system
Block natural flood pulse and deprive
stream
Chemicals
Restricted the transfer of organic material
between freshwater and saline aquatic
environments.
Nypa palms
Soil
Inadequate
drainage
Poorly designed
irrigation systems
Increased soil
salinity
Water saturation
Continuous
flooding
Prevent adequate
drainage
Waterlogging and soil
salinization
Reduces yields in the
short-term
Cause micro-nutrient
deficiencies and
increased soil toxicities
Increased soil toxicities
decline in the capacity
of soils
Water
Require much water and leach chemicals
Escape Nitrogen from rice system
Leach pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers
Greenhouse
emission
Low-oxygen
conditions
Warm,
waterlogged
soils
Continuously
flooded
rice production is
a significant
emitter of
methane
Agricultural
greenhouse gas
emissions
Humans living
standards
Economy
4.
Solutions
SOIL
Magnesium
deficiency in rice
Treatment:
Invest some
quality bone
meal and rock
phosphate into
the soil
Potassium
deficiency
in rice
Treatment:
the addition
of manure
and organic
compost
mixes.
GM rice
plants:
Bt rice: has a Cry
toxin used in
fight against
pests
GM rice cultivar
(LL62) acts as an
herbicide
Summary
&
Conclusio
applying GMO
practicing SRI
the help of
possible to
minimize the
at the same
REFERENCES
http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/highlights/2012/12/Vietnam/
http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/.../sustainability-of...
http://ricepedia.org/vietnam
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_mekong_delta_rice_boom_has_steep_envir
onmental_cost/2670/
http://pdf.wri.org/mekong_governence_mreg_minh.pdf
Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability in the Mekong Delta
(Mart A. SStewart, Peter A. Coclanis)
http://www.extension.org/pages/63502/solutions-to-soil-problems:-highsalinity#.VZ_6WaX-LqA
http://compostbin.org/nutrient-deficiencies-in-soil-symptoms-and-how-totreat-them-with-compost/
http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ericeproduction/IV.1_Essential_nutrient
s.html (figure of rice essential elements)
http://www.gmocompass.org/eng/grocery_shopping/crops/24.genetically_
modified_rice.html (GM rice plant)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210784314000400
Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 2 ( 2014 ) 272 279 :
"Comparison of Methane Emission from Conventional and Modified Paddy
Cultivation in Malaysia"