Adaptation to flood and salinity environments in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Empirical analysis of farmer-led innovations

Tran, Thong Anh; Nguyen, Tam T. T. N.; Vo, Thang T.

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2019.01.020

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“…A severe flood in 2000 provided the impetus for river dikes to be heightened to 3.5 m to completely keep floodwaters out. These high dikes have facilitated triple-cropping in the MRD, particularly in Dong Thap and An Giang provinces Howie, 2005;Le et al, 2018;Triet et al, 2017). However, the presence of high dikes in the MRD has reduced the supply of fertile alluvium, increasing the need for artificial fertilizers and pesticides to maintain yields (Chapman et al, 2017;Fig.…”

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Interacting effects of land-use change and natural hazards on rice agriculture in the Mekong and Red River deltas in Vietnam

Yuen

Hanh

Quynh³

et al. 2021

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Vietnam is a major rice producer, and much of the rice grown is concentrated in the Red River Delta (RRD) and the Mekong River Delta (MRD). While the two deltas are highly productive regions, they are vulnerable to natural hazards and the effects of human-induced environmental change. To show that the processes and issues affecting food security are reinforcing, interdependent and operating at multiple scales, we used a systems-thinking approach to represent the major linkages between anthropogenic land-use and natural hazards and elaborate on how the drivers and environmental processes interact and influence rice growing area, rice yield and rice quality in the two deltas. On a local scale, demand for aquaculture and alternative crops, urban expansion, dike development, sand mining and groundwater extraction decrease rice production in the two deltas. Regionally, upstream dam construction impacts rice production in the two deltas despite being distally situated. Separately, the localized natural hazards that have adversely affected rice production include droughts, floods and typhoons. Outbreaks of pests and diseases are also common. Climate-change-induced sea level rise is a global phenomenon that will affect agricultural productivity. Notably, anthropogenic developments meant to improve agricultural productivity or increase economic growth can create many unwanted environmental consequences such as an increase in flooding, saltwater intrusion and land subsidence, which in turn decreases rice production and quality. In addition, natural hazards may amplify the problems created by human activities. Our meta-analysis highlights the ways in which a systems-thinking approach can yield more nuanced perspectives to tackle “wicked” and interrelated environmental challenges. Given that deltas worldwide are globally significant for food production and are highly stressed and degraded, a systems-thinking approach can be applied to provide a holistic and contextualized overview of the threats faced in each location.

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Section: Dikesmentioning

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Interacting effects of land-use change and natural hazards on rice agriculture in the Mekong and Red River deltas in Vietnam

Yuen

Hanh

Quynh³

et al. 2021

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…However, since 1950, a climatological transformation is taking place as a consequence of several phenomena like deforestation, the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) increment, ozone loss, the increment of global temperature, change in precipitations regimes and other climate change effects, with a higher acceleration from the 90s (Smith et al, 2014;Steffen et al, 2015). These transformations, specifically regarding the anthropogenic climate change, are considered as one of the most significant environmental, social and economic threats to the future world (Ghosh et al, 2019) and agriculture is one of the most exposed to climatic impacts (Martins et al, 2019;Tran et al, 2019).…”

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Applications of artificial neural networks in three agro-environmental systems: microalgae production, nutritional characterization of soils and meteorological variables management

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“…The "Motivation and Ability" (MOTA) manual and guidelines is an exception in this regard (Nguyen et al, 2019 b ). Some recent contributions have analyzed alternative livelihoods in the VMD (e.g., Bosma et al, 2005;Tran et al, 2018 b ; T. Tran et al, 2019; T. Tran and James, 2017), but very few studies investigate "innovation" as the main theme. The term "technological innovation" is mentioned in Bosma et al (2005),…”

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“…That study found the most commonly mentioned motive for adopting an on-farm innovation was the desire to improve family well-being. T. Tran et al (2019) analyzed innovation not only as new agricultural technology but also as the application of new learning. A focus of that study was the leadership of farmers in the process of rural innovation to address the mixed impacts of dike policies.…”

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“…Further, the MDP calls for planning processes to involve a broad spectrum of stakeholders, with grassroots actors playing a pivotal role in agricultural innovation. Grassroots actors, particularly farmers, are key due to their role not only as "receivers" of innovations but also as producers and holders of knowledge related to innovations and innovation creation (Tran et al, 2019).…”

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Roles of innovation in strengthening strategic delta planning processes : The case of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

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Innovations reaching the stage of "hard" implementation have first gone through the stage of "soft" implementation. (this thesis). 2. By studying the different stages of technology development one can trace the history of social interaction that has shaped it.(this thesis). 3. The term "delta plan" has caused a lot of semantic confusion in its translation to Vietnamese as the language is only familiar with master plans. 4. The qualitative approach is as critical as quantitative research. 5. Achieving a Ph.D. degree is not a success in terms of gaining, but it is a milestone in terms of training. 6. The motivation for us to pursue our goals is to grow and progress.

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Adaptation to flood and salinity environments in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Empirical analysis of farmer-led innovations

Cited by 38 publications

References 60 publications

Interacting effects of land-use change and natural hazards on rice agriculture in the Mekong and Red River deltas in Vietnam

Interacting effects of land-use change and natural hazards on rice agriculture in the Mekong and Red River deltas in Vietnam

Applications of artificial neural networks in three agro-environmental systems: microalgae production, nutritional characterization of soils and meteorological variables management

Roles of innovation in strengthening strategic delta planning processes : The case of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

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