Understanding factors influencing farmers’ crop choice and agricultural transformation in the Upper Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Thi Ha Lien Le, Paul Kristiansen, Brenda Vo, Jonathan Moss and Mitchell Welch

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 216, issue C

Abstract: The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is an Asian mega-delta which is vulnerable to climate change and sea level rise, and is undergoing demographic change. Farmers are encouraged to shift from rice monocultures to more diversified and flood-based cropping options to adapt to climate change, lessen negative environmental impacts and manage labour productivity. However, this transformation takes place slowly, especially in the flood-zone areas of the Upper VMD. There is currently limited understanding of farmers' complex decision-making that considers the dynamic interactions between farmers, socio-economic circumstances and biophysical environments in this sub-region.

Keywords: Climate change; Rice-based farming systems; Decision-making; Risk preference; Market access; Mechanisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103899

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