Farmers’ adaptive measures to climate change induced natural shocks through past climate experiences in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

Thanh Ngo

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Abstract: This study examined farmers’ adaptive measures to climate change induced natural shocks through past climate experiences in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam) from a data set of 330 farmers. Seemingly unrelated regression model was used to identify the determinants of farmers’ adaptive measures. Results showed that male household head, education of the household head, marital status of the household head, production assets, firm size, availability of credit, access to market, temperature and rainfall had significant impacts on choices of adaptation. Results also indicated that past climate experiences was the most important determinant of adaptive measures. Policy messages enhanced access to credit, to markets, and created awareness on climate change. Other policy options could also be suggested, including: strengthening education level of farmers, facilitating cheap technologies, spurring irrigation investment through public - private partner, and supporting the land reform such as farmers’ cooperation in large-scale production.

Keywords: Climate change induced natural shocks; adaptative measures; past climate experiences; Mekong River Delta (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 Q12 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-16
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Published in African Journal of Agricultural Research 15.11(2016): pp. 1361-1372

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