Australia's drought-stricken rice fields - 23 April 2008

The worst drought in a century has reduced crops in New South Wales to a record low, severely affecting farmers and pushing up prices worldwide.

Al Jazeera's David Hardaker looks at the situation in the country's rice bowl and how the knock-on effect from a sparse yield is adding pressure on the world's poorest.

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News & Politics

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• australia
• rice
• drought
• aljazeera

[AJL3099]

Not really the best country for growing rice really is it.

[thesummerhouse]

How about leaving some water for the environment????? Take a look at where this river system meets the sea and see what is happening down here at Goolwa South Australia, and the towns further up the system... You greedy bastards

[Amunication]

those rice growing cunts don't deserve any sympathy

[Stellathedogole]

This is a good Video

[exoticsanta]

@GodHatesAustralia and god will never forgive sinfull racist wankers like yourself. so think about yourself first retard.

[33noa33]

In the northwestern Australia, we have huge tides, up to 12m

huge evaporation and huge dry rivers and lakes.

Evaporation is up to 4m per year and can be increased.

Huge 12m tidal erosion can revive old dry paleo dormant once mighty rivers, creeks and lakes,

desalinate the country and change deserts to rain forests to provide more rain across Australia.

World population is growing rapidly and we need more water, food, energy and land.

see: Mitic CLIMATE ENGINEERING

[MRMILO57]

Australia is not in drought, 2009 eastern states and south western Australian the drought has broken and we have just gone through one of the coldest winter in decades. One of the best snow seasons ever!

Just would like to point out, these videos are made buy people that want to push the man made climate change theory for there own personal financial gain!

[lholden88]

i agree mate-people who do bnot know all the facts should just shut their mouth

[dumdawg1]

thesummerhouse....What water?

Look at Goolwa right now.... we do not have any water here in the Riverina either, NO water NO rice (at all). Its not that its being 'taken' from you...there simply ISNT any....

[dumdawg1]

I live right there where that was filmed. Much rice is grown in sandy type soils with high drainage and water loss, so yes this can be said to be a poor place to grow rice. But if not here, where? Do we 'eat' imports? Sorry but the artisian water table IS in fact building up pressure again, sure its not what it was but since the capping of bores campaign several years ago it looks like this may well be sustanable. I hope you understand more than you let on guys....