Nguyen Truong Thanh, head of Nghe An Irrigation Division, said that this year’s summer-autumn rice crop would face difficulties in water source for irrigation.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, there is a probability of about 80-85 percent that the El Nino phenomenon would likely appear in the second half of summer 2023.
The average temperature in Nghe An this June would be 0.5 degree Celsius higher than previous years.
From July to September 2023, the common temperature would be 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius higher than the average of previous years.
Water flow into Nghe An’s large reservoir of Ban Ve has been 35-38 percent lower than average.
Nghe An Province has more than 1,061 reservoirs.
Of them, 709 reservoirs at half of their capacity while the remaining reservoirs have less.
“Ban Ve Reservoir’s low level and general water shortages, means the water supply for people's living and agricultural production in the summer-autumn crop in 2023 would be difficult and Nghe An could face water shortages, drought and saltwater intrusion on a large scale,” the province’s irrigation division said.
