Developing a set of indicators to assess sustainability in land use in Tay Ninh province

Abstract

This paper presents a study aimed at developing a set of indicators to assess the sustainability of agricultural land use applicable in Tay Ninh province. The set of directives is built based on FAO's principles of sustainable agricultural land use combined with expert knowledge, suitable to the natural - economic - social conditions of Tay Ninh province. Research and apply the AHP method to screen indicators, overcome the subjectivity and arbitrariness in choosing each indicator to participate in the assessment. The result of building a set of indicators includes 13 indicators, of which economic sector 3 indicators, social sector 5 indicators, natural resources and environment 5 indicators. Based on practical conditions, Tay Ninh province selects 4 main types of arable land use corresponding to each land unit, updates the data for the indicator set, and applies data normalization techniques by ratio. the difference brings all data to the same value, conducting a preliminary comparison of the efficiency of land use types. The development of a set of indicators can help localities have more tools and measurement methods in applying the assessment of sustainability in agricultural land use in particular and contribute to further scientific research. sustainable development in general.