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Project helps Tra Vinh farmers adapt to climate change

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on January 13 launched a project worth 518 billion VND (24.7 million USD) to improve locals’ resilience to climate change.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on January 13 launched a projectworth 518 billion VND (24.7 million USD) to improve locals’ resilienceto climate change.

The project has been given231 billion VND (11 million USD) in low-interest loans and 126 billionVND (6 million USD) in non-refundable aid by the International Fund forAgricultural Development (IFAD).

From 2014 to2020, it will be implemented in 30 communes of seven districts of TraVinh to build climate change adaptation facilities, 16 automaticsalinity monitoring stations, agricultural and aquatic production modelswith high economic viability, and small-scale financial organisationsto provide capital for the poor.

The project is expected to benefit 62,500 low-income people.

Tra Vinh is among the localities most vulnerable to rising sea levelsand salt intrusion in Vietnam. If the sea level rises by one metre,about 45.7 percent of Tra Vinh’s land area will be flooded.

In the last five years, seawater has surged 500 – 800 metres inlandand eroded more than 120 hectares of land in Hiep Thanh commune, DuyenHai district.

The United Nations’ IFAD hasfinanced Vietnam since 1991 with low-interest 40-50 year loans that havebeen channelled to farmers, fishermen, disadvantaged women and ethniccommunities.-VNA

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