Cyclones, Deforestation, and Production of Food Crops in Vietnam

Tam Bang Vu (tamv@hawaii.edu), Eric Iksoon Im, Karla Hayashi and Ryan Torio
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Tam Bang Vu: University of Hawaii at Hilo
Eric Iksoon Im: University of Hawaii at Hilo
Karla Hayashi: University of Hawaii at Hilo
Ryan Torio: University of Hawaii at Hilo

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2017, vol. 1, issue 3, No 3, 245-262

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigated the impacts of cyclones and deforestation which often cause heavy floods during and after the cyclones on production of the three groups of food crops in Vietnam ―cereals, tuber crops, and other crops. Collecting provincial data on the number and intensity of the cyclones that landed in Vietnam, we employed a combination of instrumental variable and seemingly unrelated regression. The results showed that cereals suffered the heaviest loss, tuber crops the second, and other crops the least. We also found that deforestation had negative effects on the production of these food crops, both directly and indirectly by causing heavy flooding during and after a cyclone event.

Keywords: Hurricanes; Floods; Agriculture; Deforestation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O40 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s41885-017-0010-5

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