Real-time information on salinity for agriculture and human health in Can Tho (Vietnam)
This publication reports on the salinity hazard faced by Can Tho city, located in the centre of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. In the dry season (January – June), one of the factors affecting water quality is saline intrusion which has impacts on public health and agriculture. Salinity changes hourly with complex tidal flows, which makes it very difficult to predict when salinity levels will be dangerous in any given area.
The paper proposes the following recommendations for policy and practice (p. 4):
- build hydraulic control structures to prevent saline intrusion and protect fresh water sources;
- institute land use zoning for production, separating fresh water production zone from saline and brackish water production zone;
- introduce saline-resistant crops and shifting crop production schedules;
- provide salinity warning data broadly to government officials, public subscribers and the media.
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Themes
Climate change
Health and health facilities
Urban risk and planning
Water
Food security and agriculture
Country and region
Viet Nam
Number of pages
4 p.
Publication year
2016