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Backgrounder: Agriculture 4.0 in Vietnam

cc Vietnam News Agency (VNA), modified, Vụ mùa năm 2018, toàn huyện Ðiện Biên (Điện Biên) gieo cấy gần 6.400ha lúa nước và hơn 2.200ha lúa nương chủ yếu là các giống lúa: Bắc thơm số 7, IR64, Nếp 97, 98... Năng suất lúa trung bình toàn huyện ước đạt gần 60 tạ/ha, sản lượng ước đạt trên 37.800 tấn. Ảnh: Phan Tuấn Anh - TTXVN

In Vietnam we can see many of the challenges, and solutions, to farming in the era of climate change.

The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Change in Vietnam

SubmergedTree in Laos, cc Basile Morin, modified, 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Submerged_tree_under_a_dark_and_cloudy_sky_in_Si_Phan_Don.jpg

As a country that’s particularly susceptible to climate change, Vietnam will face a daunting assortment of security, economic, and political challenges in the decades to come.

Outlook 2019: The Year in Drought

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Tracking some of the most vulnerable and food-insecure regions in what is expected to be the hottest year ever.

Climate Change, Hunger, and Terrorism in the Lake Chad Basin

Nigeria Refugee Camp Resident, cc Flickr UK Mission to the UN New York, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

For an example of how climate change can fuel terrorism and regional conflict, look no further than the Lake Chad Basin.

The Hidden Price of Interlinking Rivers in India

Boat ride on the Ganges, cc Flickr rusticus80, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Are the economic benefits of India’s interlinking river project worth the massive and largely unquantified ecological risks?

Outlook 2018: The Year in Drought

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Droughts disrupted food production and spurred migration and conflict worldwide in 2017. Will 2018 be any different?

UN Sounds Alarm over Somalia Drought

amisom2, cc Flickr AMISOM Public Information, public domain

Drought and food insecurity have created a humanitarian crisis in Somalia, leading to an uptick in piracy in the Gulf of Aden among other destabilizing developments.

Famine, Al-Shabaab Threaten Progress in Somalia

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A famine is threatening a delicate sense of hope in one of Africa’s most dysfunctional states.

Climate Monitor: Drought and the Syrian Civil War

A shepard tends to their flock. Many believe the Syrian civil war to be a result of water conflict.

In this new series of articles for 2016, Geopoliticalmonitor.com will explore the links between weather fluctuations and geopolitical conflict.

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