Changing arenas for agricultural climate change adaptation in Vietnam

Christoplos, Ian; Ngoan, Lê Đức; Sen, Lê Thị Hoa; Hương, Nguyễn Thị; Nguyen, Huy

doi:10.1080/09614524.2017.1285272

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“…Vietnam is projected to be one of the countries most affected by climate change, not only through drastic temperature increases and gradual changes such as sea-level rise, but also due to more frequent extreme weather events, such as flooding and storms [1][2][3][4]. Agricultural production, including aquaculture, is highly vulnerable to the effects of storms and sea-level rise [2].…”

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Climate Change Adaptation and Gender Inequality: Insights from Rural Vietnam

2019

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Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts, especially from extreme weather events such as storms and floods. Thus, climate change adaptation is crucial, especially for natural resource-dependent farmers. Based on a qualitative research approach using a feminist political ecology lens, this article investigates gendered patterns of rural agrarian livelihoods and climate adaptation in the province of Thái Bình. In doing so, we identify differentiated rights and responsibilities between female and male farmers, leading to unequal opportunities and immobility for females, making them more vulnerable to climate impacts and threatening to reduce their capacity to adapt. This research also shows that demands on farmers to contribute to perpetual increases in agricultural output by the state poses a challenge, since farming livelihoods in Vietnam are increasingly becoming feminised, as a result of urbanisation and devaluation of farming. Past and present national strategies and provincial implementation plans linked to climate change do not consider the burden affecting rural female farmers, instead the focus lies on addressing technical solutions to adaptation. With little attention being paid to an increasingly female workforce, existing gender inequalities may be exacerbated, threatening the future existence of rural livelihoods and the viability of Vietnam’s expansion into global markets.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Gender Inequality: Insights from Rural Vietnam

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“…markets (Maharjan and Maharjan, 2018;Nordhagen and Pascual, 2013); and the function of microfinance, agricultural extension, and education (James, 2010). This literature has emphasized the broader context in which adaptation occurs, using theoretical lenses that include adaptation governance (Agrawal, 2010); multi-scalar pathway approaches (Burnham and Ma, 2017); and analyses of autonomy, authority, and control (Christoplos et al, 2017;Funder et al, 2017).…”

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Can farmers adapt to higher temperatures? Evidence from India

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Projections suggest that the damages from climate change will be substantial for developing countries. Understanding the ability of households in these countries to adapt to climate change is critical in order to determine the magnitude of the potential damages. In this paper, I investigate the ability of farmers in India to adapt to higher temperatures. I use a methodology that exploits short-term weather fluctuations as well as spatial variation in long-run climate. Specifically, I estimate how damaging high temperatures are for districts that experience high temperatures more or less frequently. I find that the losses from high temperatures are lower in heat-prone districts, a result that is consistent with adaptation. However, while adaptation appears to be modestly effective for moderate levels of heat, my results suggest that adaptation to extreme heat is much more difficult. Extremely high temperatures do grave damage to crops, even in places that experience these temperature extremes regularly. The persistence of negative impacts of high temperatures, even in areas that experience high temperatures frequently, underscores the need for development policies that emphasize risk mitigation and explicitly account for climate-change-related risks.JEL Classification: O1, O3, Q1, Q5

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“…This leads to the more general question of why, although climate change adaptation concerns were pervasive and interventions were developed to address climate change impacts, the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers remains limited. The research findings suggest that in addition to investing in smallholder farmer-orientated learning it is necessary to also invest in policy capacity to increase the ability of governments to Agricultural adaptation to climate change emerges both at micro and macrolevels (Bhatta et al, 2017;Christoplos et al, 2017). The insights of chapters 3 & 5 reveal differences in the barriers perceived by farmers and government to increase adaptive capacity and create a generative social learning environment.…”

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“…In such a view, the state has often been portrayed as both the main constrainer and enabler in building adaptive capacity and creating a social learning environment. Other studies focus on how local people are dealing with climate change impacts and how they might do this better (Christoplos et al, 2017). Emphasis in this perspective is placed on engaging local stakeholders in collective learning and knowledge exchange as this leads to flexibility and restructuring of norms, values, and practices (Blackmore et al, 2016;Folke et al, 2005;Pahl-Wostl, 2009).…”

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“…Therefore, social learning is not only important for increasing adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, but could also remove constraints and create catalytic enablers of climate change governance in a hierarchical governmental system (chapters 2 & 4). There are currently major changes in the Vietnamese society, mainly as a result of economic globalization and digitalisation, but also as result of climate change impacts that call for a rethinking of government structures and policies (Christoplos et al, 2017).…”

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Changing arenas for agricultural climate change adaptation in Vietnam

Cited by 13 publications

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Climate Change Adaptation and Gender Inequality: Insights from Rural Vietnam

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