As of August 23, 2011, farmers in provinces such as Yunnan and Guizhou in China, report the loss of rice and vegetable crops to a 2010 drought, which has now stretched into this year, forcing many to cut down on meals and buy food instead of selling their harvests as they have in the past.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/16/c_131053568.htm
http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20110820/104122.shtml


New Zealand’s Green Party proposes national water quality standards that would require reducing livestock animals as well as chemical fertilizers, toward a goal of cleaning up the country’s rivers and lakes so that fish can once again thrive and people can safely swim.

http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=66860
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10746617
    

As the sea level rises due to climate change, water in the Mekong Delta of Âu Lạc (Vietnam) is becoming increasingly salty, with the resultant crop damage threatening the livelihoods of millions of farmers in a region that produces about half of the country’s rice.   

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/21/vietnam-rice-bowl-threatened-rising-seas
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Salinity-in-Mekong-Delta-hits-Vietnam-rice-crops-41814-3-1.html