Tokyo- In response to global warming, Japan hopes to develop rice farms that can better withstand heat and use less water, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Saturday. A predicted doubling of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and the resulting global warming seriously threatens the country's rice crop, Kyodo quoted the agriculture ministry as saying.
The ministry plans to reveal measures to counter the effects of global warming, including the new rice farms and measures for fruit and vegetable production.
A ministry analysis shows provinces in central and western Japan could see the rice harvest cut by 40 per cent. The northern regions of the island nation would be able to produce more rice.
