Sunday, January 25, 2015 – 16:25:53 (VOVworld) – Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by climate change, with agricultural lands narrowed, productivity considerably reduced, and the life of farmers affected. Science and technology are being applied to deal with the situation. In recent years, the Northern Mountain Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (NOMAFSI) in Phu Tho province has done a lot of research and created models for sustainable agricultural production in response to climate change. Rows of Shan tea trees in the tea areas of NOMAFSI shoot out bright green buds in the cold winter weather. Shan tea is a precious tea variety of the mountainous area in the North of Vietnam where the climate is mainly tropical monsoon. Shan tea is one of several tea varieties being studied by NOMAFSI because it grows in areas of Vietnam that have variable weather. Luu Ngoc Quyen, NOMAFSI’s Deputy Head, told us: “This is a shan tea variety of the mountainous area. This kind of plant is resistant to cold weather. We brought it to lower elevations and adapted it to the weather here. So during the cold weather that begins in September, we still have shan tea in this…

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