Land titling policy and soil conservation in the northern uplands of Vietnam

Saint-Macary, Camille; Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred; Heidhues, Franz; Dung, Pham Thi My

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.004

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“…The adoption of soil conservation measures by farmers remains low as they are often perceived as economically unattractive and labor intensive (Knowler and Bradshaw 2007;Wezel et al 2002), which was confirmed within the group discussions. Additionally, land tenure insecurity and reallocation threats in the study area and the wider northern mountain region adversely affect the adoption of soil conservation techniques (Saint-Macary et al 2010). Put together, these factors also provide an explanation why the suggestion of the lake manager to plant more perennials on sloping fields was not taken into account in the group discussions.…”

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“…In the past, several long-term development projects conducted by foreign donor agencies (such as GTZ or Action Aid Vietnam) as well as a long-term research project exploring sustainable land use practices had promoted an array of soil conservation and sustainable land use techniques. The success of these efforts was limited, however, reflected in low adoption rates and the frequent discontinuation of such practices when subsidies or other incentives were phased out (SFDP 2001;Saint-Macary et al 2010).…”

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Why do people not learn from flood disasters? Evidence from Vietnam’s northwestern mountains

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This article explores how the causes and impacts of a flood event as perceived by local people shape immediate responses and future mitigation efforts in mountainous northwest Vietnam. Local flood perception is contrasted with scientific perspectives to determine whether a singular flood event will trigger adjustments in mitigation strategies in an otherwise rarely flood-affected area. We present findings from interdisciplinary research drawing on both socioeconomic and biophysical data. Evidence suggests that individual farmers' willingness to engage in flood mitigation is curbed by the common perception that flooding is caused by the interplay of a bundle of external factors, with climatic factors and water management failures being the most prominent ones. Most farmers did not link the severity of flooding to existing land use systems, thus underlining the lack of a sense of personal responsibility among farmers for flood mitigation measures. We conclude that local governments cannot depend on there being a sufficient degree of intrinsic motivation among farmers to make them implement soil conservation techniques to mitigate future flooding. Policy makers will need to design measures to raise farmers' awareness of the complex interplay between land use and hydrology and to enhance collective action in soil 123Nat Hazards (2012) 62:221-241 DOI 10.1007 conservation by providing appropriate incentives and implementing coherent long-term strategies.

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“…However, the adoption decision of a farmer is not necessarily dichotomous, but can also entail a choice about the level of effort or intensity of adoption (Saint-Macary et al, 2010). Measures of adoption intensity have been investigated by Mazvimavi and Twomlow (2009) in the case of CA.…”

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The Intensity of adoption of Conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

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This article assesses the intensity of technology adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) techniques by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. It seeks to understand the drivers of CA adoption intensity in terms of the number of practices implemented using count data analysis. On average, the farmers in our sample adopt five out of 2 eight possible CA practices while only 7.4% use all eight practices in any one year. Practices such as digging planting basins (81.9%), applying manure (73.2%) and timely post-planting weeding (70.1%) are relatively popular, while adoption of crop rotation (22.8%) is comparatively rare. Productivity is positively correlated to the number of techniques used. Farmers adopting all the CA practices are the most productive, with an estimated maize yield of 2.50 tons/ha, compared with a yield of less than 1 tons/ha for those using three techniques or fewer. Results from a Poisson regression indicate that education, agro-ecology, non-governmental input support and extension support have a significant impact on adoption intensity. Subsidised inputs increase the number of components used, although access to those inputs was uneven across regions of Zimbabwe. Further, the number of CA components used in the previous season positively impacts current season adoption intensity, implying that promotions of CA technologies do have a persistent effect, even after those promotions end.

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“…The mountainous area of North Vietnam is inhabited by ethnic minorities (Saint-Macary et al 2010). According to a rural, agricultural, and fishery census realized in 2006 in Sa Pa District, the area counts 30 412 inhabitants or 5019 households belonging to five different ethnic groups: Hmong (66 % of households), Dao (19 %), Tay (7 %), Kinh (6 %) (the Vietnamese majority group), and Day (2 %).…”

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Drivers of Forest Cover Dynamics in Smallholder Farming Systems: The Case of Northwestern Vietnam

Jadin

Vanacker

Hoang

2012

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The national-scale forest recovery of Vietnam started in the early 1990s and is associated with a shift from net deforestation to net reforestation. Large disparities in forest cover dynamics are, however, observed at the local scale. This study aims to unravel the mechanisms driving forest cover change for a mountainous region located in northwest Vietnam. Statistical analyses were used to explore the association between forest cover change and household characteristics. In Sa Pa district, deforestation rates are decreasing, but forest degradation continues at similar rates. Deforestation is not necessarily associated with impoverished ethnic communities or high levels of subsistence farming, and the largest forest cover dynamics are found in villages with the best socio-economic conditions. Our empirical study does not provide strong evidence of a dominant role of agriculture in forest cover dynamics. It shows that empirical studies on local-scale forest dynamics remain important to unravel the complexity of human-environment interactions.

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Land titling policy and soil conservation in the northern uplands of Vietnam

Cited by 81 publications

References 31 publications

Why do people not learn from flood disasters? Evidence from Vietnam’s northwestern mountains

Why do people not learn from flood disasters? Evidence from Vietnam’s northwestern mountains

The Intensity of adoption of Conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Drivers of Forest Cover Dynamics in Smallholder Farming Systems: The Case of Northwestern Vietnam

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