Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket/GettyImaHigh levels of methane is generated by bacteria that grow in flooded rice paddies and thrive if leftover straw rots in the fields.For climate change news and analysis, go to As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.
In the Mekong Delta, Canh, now a 39-year-old rice farmer, does not leave straw out to decay on the paddies - nor does he burn it, as his parents did before him. Many of the initiatives are not new but have been spotlighted since around 100 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge two years ago, agreeing to reduce emissions by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030.
"In the past a few farmers did this manually but it took too much manpower and the cost was high. Now we've cut costs by half and we will expand to meet the demands of the market," said Le Dinh Du, a rice farmer who also heads the local district's plant protection department.Vietnam's environment ministry says irrigated rice accounted for almost half of methane emissions in 2019.
As well as straw management, IRRI says another scheme called Alternate Wetting and Drying , which involves breaking up standing water to replenish oxygen and reduce methane-producing bacteria, could also help cut emissions.
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_Business it's just that people are too focused on jailbirds and corrupt politicians. wait till the news reaches natives, about how cows are the new climate enemy. keep getting distracted, this is a reactionary society