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CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Jinghong. A dried up rice bed just outside Jinghong City which had flooded during the previous summer. Farmers are urged to drain paddy fields at least once a season to improve yields. The process also decreases methane emissions. Methane has 21 times more gobal warming capacity than Carbon Dioxide. Currently, 8% of gobal methane emissions come from the world's rice paddies. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Jinghong. A dried up rice bed just outside Jinghong City which had flooded during the previous summer. Farmers are urged to drain paddy fields at least o...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Chongqing City. The Chao Tian Men port is the most significant in the area. A vital highway for the import and export of food between other cities and towns. The farmer in the foreground is selling food along the Yangtze River. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Chongqing City. The Chao Tian Men port is the most significant in the area. A vital highway for the import and export of food between other cities and to

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Xishuangbanna. The flat flood plain next to the river in the upper Mekong Vallry provides perfect for China's stable rice crop in Xishuangbanna, which translated means 12,000 rice fields. Climate change could cause rice production in China to fall by one fifth by 2080. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Xishuangbanna. The flat flood plain next to the river in the upper Mekong Vallry provides perfect for China's stable rice crop in Xishuangbanna, which tr

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Former farmers from rural areas turned construction workers break for lunch. The Chinese authorities estamate that 144 million have already left the land lured by the prospects of higher wages. As the impacts of climate change deepen, millions more farmers will be forced to leave the countryside. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Former farmers from rural areas turned construction workers break for lunch. The Chinese authorities estamate that 144 million have already left the land...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Manxidan. Renovating a simple irrigation system in the Manxidan village of the Menghai area. The farmers have built a small dam to control the water. When they want to lower the water level of the field. They dig a hole in the bank and release the water back into the dam. Agriculture currently accounts for approximately 86% of total water consumption in Asia. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Manxidan. Renovating a simple irrigation system in the Manxidan village of the Menghai area. The farmers have built a small dam to control the water. Whe...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Ghongqing. Tower blocks rise where small farms used to be on the edge of Ghongqing. China already has 50 cities with populations of more than one million people. Its urban population is forcast to double over the next 25 years to 600 million, increasing demands on food, transport and energy production. China is looking to renewable energy to minimize the impacts of increasing urbanisation and population growth on greenhouse gas emissions. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Ghongqing. Tower blocks rise where small farms used to be on the edge of Ghongqing. China already has 50 cities with populations of more than one million...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Farmers painting the tree trunks to repel insects. Tree plantations are a government project to prevent desertification and sandstorms. There are fears that climate change could lead to a giant dust-bowl in the Yellow River region with devastating impacts on wheat production. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Farmers painting the tree trunks to repel insects. Tree plantations are a government project to prevent desertification and sandstorms. There are fears t

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Chang Jia village. Built on the dry bed of the Yellow River. Agricultural production has been threatened by over-irrigation but scientists predict that climate change could push the situation over the edge. Farmers in this area are likely to move away because of uncontrollable flooding and extended periods of drought. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Chang Jia village. Built on the dry bed of the Yellow River. Agricultural production has been threatened by over-irrigation but scientists predict that c...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Harvesting the rice crop without mechanisation is still the way of life for millions in China's countryside. Here neighbours help each other with the first steps of the harvest. Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change will make planning the harvest more uncertain for farmers. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Harvesting the rice crop without mechanisation is still the way of life for millions in China's countryside. Here neighbours help each other with the fir...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. The banks of the Mekong and its tributaries make up one of the major rice growing areas of China. In the wider Mekong Delta severe crop losses are expected because of warmer winds and flooding from cyclones. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. The banks of the Mekong and its tributaries make up one of the major rice growing areas of China. In the wider Mekong Delta severe crop losses are expect

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Like any crop rice has to be dry before it can be taken off to market. After the harvest mounds of rice millet are left drying in the sun before being bagged up an taken to market. The whole process is low cost but labour intensive. In Asia, where 90% of all rice is grown and eaten, more than two billion people obtain 60-70% of their calories from it. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Like any crop rice has to be dry before it can be taken off to market. After the harvest mounds of rice millet are left drying in the sun before being ba...

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Farmers using the ancient method of fanning the rice to separate the straw. Projects to generate low carbon energy from the agricultural waste (biomass) generated from rice production have been set up around the country. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Farmers using the ancient method of fanning the rice to separate the straw. Projects to generate low carbon energy from the agricultural waste (biomass)

CHINA. The Climate Group - CHINA. Gasha. A woman selling rice in the street food market in Gasha village. In this part of China were there is plenty of water and a warm climate, there are two rice crops a year. The impacts of increased flooding and drought are already being felt. 2004. - Nikos Economopoulos

CHINA. Gasha. A woman selling rice in the street food market in Gasha village. In this part of China were there is plenty of water and a warm climate, there are

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