The economic sustainability of rice farming and its influence on farmer decision-making in the upper Mekong delta, Vietnam

Aalst, M.A. van; Koomen, E.; Tran, Dung Duc; Hoang, H.M.; Nguyễn, Hồng Quân; Groot, H.L.F. de

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108018

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“…Nguyen et al [9] identified significant variations in adaptive capacity across different regions in Vietnam, highlighting specific areas that require urgent attention to enhance their resilience to typhoons, which can inform national disaster risk reduction initiatives and guide the development of effective mitigation strategies for long-term sustainability. Aalst [10] also supported Nguyen et al [9] that even though the households were highly vulnerable due to climate change, it is possible to enhance the resilience of the households by targeting the policy measures for the specific socioeconomic groups.…”

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Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Nguyen Thao,

Tran Thi,

Yuki Ishikawa

et al. 2024

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This paper presents comparative case studies between an ancient town in Quang Nam province (QN town), and a commune in Da Nang city (DN commune) in order to quantitatively assess the adaptive capacity of households in response to natural disasters. An indicator-based assessment with a set of 13 indicators is applied in this study. The results of 85 interviewed households in two study areas revealed that despite the higher probabilities of disaster occurrence, the households in QN town demonstrated better adaptive capacity compared to those in DN commune. The quantitative assessment (on a 0-1 scale) of adaptive capacity in the QN town and DN commune showed the values of 0.61 and 0.55, respectively. QN town had higher adaptive capacity than DN commune due to higher income stability, better preparedness measures for disasters, higher percentages of households receiving disaster warning information, better accessibility to clean water, healthcare service, food, and financial support during and after disasters. Conversely, DN commune demonstrated higher insurance coverage, higher percentages of households participating in social organizations, and receiving social support during and after disasters. Drawing from the findings that influence the difference in adaptive capacity levels between households in QN town and DN commune, the study subsequently proposes the recommendations for policymakers and individuals in both areas to improve their long-term prevention and preparedness strategies, enabling them to effectively respond to natural disasters.

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Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Nguyen Thao,

Tran Thi,

Yuki Ishikawa

et al. 2024

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“…Aligned with the economic perspective, provisioning services dominated the ecosystem services categories (Figure 1). Factor 3 communicates the critical role of agriculture intensification for increased yields and economic growth, and represents a view that has been common during the last decades and still seems to be applied in practice in large parts of the Delta [3,9,20]. However, this was not the dominant view in this study, which indicates a gap between current visions for sustainable agriculture and what actually is implemented.…”

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“…In practice, for stakeholders aligned with Factor 3, sustainability is of less importance than commercialization of agriculture [9]. Rice intensification was seen to be a cost-efficient way to increase rice yields, to provide stable and good income, and to improve the general development and living conditions in the Delta (Stat-11: +3; Stat-12: +2; Stat-13: +1) [20] (Table 2). The distinguishing statements highlighted the critical role of rice farming in securing farmers' income and subsistence needs (Stat-10: +4), and Factor 3 aligned with the SDG goals No poverty and Zero Hunger.…”

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“…The distinguishing statements highlighted the critical role of rice farming in securing farmers' income and subsistence needs (Stat-10: +4), and Factor 3 aligned with the SDG goals No poverty and Zero Hunger. A plausible explanation as to why this cluster of stakeholders still believed in rice intensification could be attributed to the experience of yield growth over time as a result of increased use of fertilizer and pesticides [6,20].…”

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Assessing Stakeholders’ Preferences for Future Rice Farming Practices in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

2023

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Rice farming is the dominating agriculture activity in the Mekong Delta and has been of significant importance for the region’s economic development, but it has also had an impact on the environment. Recent governmental policies emphasize the need for sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture; however, policy reforms pushing for transformation towards sustainable socio-agricultural systems are compounded by a lack of coherent and shared visions. Gaps between policy making and implementation and stakeholders’ divergent visions of what is meant by sustainable agriculture and how that can be achieved hinder progress. To address this, the Q-methodology was used to elucidate and integrate different perspectives from 41 stakeholders on 35 statements related to agriculture developments in the Mekong Delta. Under the theoretical lens of sustainability, and ecosystem services, the results unveiled four major development schemes, namely production through intensification, sustainable intensification, production through nature, and people and nature in balance. The majority of the stakeholders in this study believed that future agriculture strategies in the Mekong Delta should be designed to promote more diverse and integrated farming methods, emphasizing the environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development. They acknowledged the multifunctional benefits of rice field ecosystems and emphasized the importance of supporting, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services for a long-term and healthy production of food and increased resilience of the Delta’s social-ecological systems.

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“…Other factors that have been explored over the years include market characteristics, government policies, globalization, infrastructure development, parallel employment, biophysical properties, climatic conditions among others (Bakker et al, 2023;Cosmas & Valsamis, 2001;Ume, 2023;van Aalst et al, 2023;van Tilburg & Hudson, 2022). However, the sociodemographic and these other factors can only partially and under specific conditions accurately model the farmer decisions.…”

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Relational rationality in land- and water use: facing Mount Kenya in times of change

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The economic sustainability of rice farming and its influence on farmer decision-making in the upper Mekong delta, Vietnam

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Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Assessment of household adaptive capacity to disasters: Two comparative case studies in Central Vietnam

Assessing Stakeholders’ Preferences for Future Rice Farming Practices in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Relational rationality in land- and water use: facing Mount Kenya in times of change

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