Drought
According to Channelnewsasia:
BEIJING: China warned Tuesday of a severe impact on the nation’s winter wheat crop if there was no rain within the next 15 days to relieve the worst drought in half a century.
“Right now, this is the critical period for the growth of winter crops,” E Jingping, a top drought relief official, told a news conference.
“If in 15 days there is no precipitation, the situation in the winter wheat zone will be more severe and the next stage for drought-relief operations will be abnormally difficult.”
Read the full article at Channelnewsasia:
- China now is suffering serious drought that may affect their wheat & rice crops if the rain doesn’t comes in 15 days!!
This means a shortage of wheat & rice is about to happen soon causing wheat & rice prices to soar.
The Australia drought had a more serious consequences of sudden bushfire that may had killed in excess of 200 people, destroyed four major towns and dozens of hamlets, razing 922 homes and leaving 4,200 people homeless, the CFA said. More than 350,000 hectares (865,000 acres) of land were devastated.
I have a solution for China but may not work 100% due to high cost & energy required, the idea is to use large number of solar powered desalination plants at the coast and irrigate the newly desalinated fresh water supply directly towards the crops.
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