Drivers of agricultural transformation in the coastal areas of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Thanh, Bình Nguyễn; Thuy, Tien Le Van; Anh, Minh Nguyen; Nguyen, Minh; Hieu, Trung Nguyen

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.010

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“…Nor does land ownership ensure shrimp profits. The high capital investment for adopting shrimp aquaculture is prohibitive for many households (Nguyen et al., 2021). Those who do join the market may assume large debts and risk incurring more debt or losing their collateralized land in the high probability event of crop failure due to floods, pollution or disease (EJF, 2003).…”

Section: Adapting To Delta Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mixed rice–shrimp cultivation provides a more sustainable alternative that enables farmers in brackish transition zones to augment their earnings and to generate yields during periods of saline water intrusion. However, this model is not suitable for smallholders (<0.5ha) due to low economy of scale and barriers to accessing essential inputs, while profit incentives and environmental challenges have prompted a large proportion of rice–shrimp farmers to shift to shrimp monoculture (Loc et al., 2021; Nguyen et al., 2021).…”

Section: Adapting To Delta Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But even for residents who can avail themselves of the wealth‐generating opportunities it affords, the need for inexperienced producers to be competitive straightaway leaves little room for error. This is an unrealistic expectation in the Mekong Delta where the average age of decision makers in farming households is 53 years old and where learning about new production methods is primarily informal (Nguyen et al., 2021). Yet, while foreign‐funded projects count successful outcomes as their own, those who are less fortunate bear all the costs.…”

Section: Adapting To Delta Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Compelled to Compete: Rendering Climate Change Vulnerability Investable

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2023

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The imperative for vulnerable populations to adapt to greater environmental variability is increasing in lockstep with the onset of wide-ranging climate change impacts. However, while critical adaptation research emphasizes the necessity of addressing the underlying drivers of vulnerability to climate change, mainstream approaches to adaptation stress economic growth as a prerequisite for climate responses. Accordingly, capital-intensive adaptation measures promote competitiveness to spur economic growth in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, where more than 18 million people face environmental hazards such as seawater intrusion, flood, drought and cyclones. This study evaluates competitiveness as a mandate for effective climate change adaptation. It finds that adaptation can advance either competition or vulnerability reduction, but it cannot logically or pragmatically pursue both.The author thanks the anonymous referees for their helpful comments as well as Daniel Esser, Jamey Essex, and the participants of the Research-in-Progress Series workshop hosted by the Development Geographies Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers and the German Development Institute (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik) in January 2021. This workshop yielded insightful questions and comments that were invaluable to the development of the article. Field research for the study was made possible by grants from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and the Institute of Human Geography, to which the author is indebted for their support.

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Section: Adapting To Delta Plansmentioning

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Section: Adapting To Delta Plansmentioning

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“…Thanks to agricultural intensification, Vietnam has turned from a rice importer in the 1980s to the world's leading rice exporter today. 15,16 According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, 2021), 17 Vietnam exported 6.2 million tons of rice in 2020, accounting for 14% of the world's rice export market, placed the second position just after India. Over 90% of the nation's rice exports come from the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), while this region accounts for only 12% of the total land area and 20% of the national population.…”

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“…14,18 However, intensive farming with a high level of agrochemical inputs has caused land degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss, increase in greenhouse gas emissions, and negative public health impacts. 16,19 In addition, the VMD is considered as one of the most vulnerable deltas to climate change. 20 Therefore, it is important to promote the transformation of production toward a safe, green and resilient system.…”

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Transformational policies and strategies framework accelerating green transition – The case of agriculture in Vietnam

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Sinh

Tien

2023

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Green transition is an urgent need for all countries, but there are many challenges in its implementation, especially in developing countries like Vietnam. This study was carried out through an analysis of relevant policies and a case study of conversion from rice monoculture to an integrated rice-shrimp farming system in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The results showed that Vietnam has many policies, strategies, and plans to promote economic transformation toward sustainable, green, low emission, and climate change adaptation. However, the implementation of these policies in practice still faces some difficulties. The case study's result revealed that the rice-shrimp model is suitable and brings many benefits to society, economy, and environment. The success of the transition depends on many factors including initiative, creativity, and consensus at the local level. A theoretical framework was built to promote the transition toward green and sustainable development in the future.

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Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

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Nguyen

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Sinking and shrinking, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta is a materialization of dynamic river flows, sediment flows, and coastline processes. Past policy aspirations and extensive water infrastructures have shaped the delta into one the most significant food producing landscapes in Southeast Asia. Yet, these changes have also created new environmental risks by transforming the hydrological system. Research has produced a growing and increasingly diverse empirical literature on the delta's environmental context, without necessarily providing water resource managers, policymakers and practitioners with the information needed to galvanize more resilient development. This focus review presents a detailed overview of the recent scientific findings, exploring how the management of water resources is changing, as well as their inter‐relationship with land use, policy, socio‐economic transitions, and global environmental crises. Compound and systemic risks to the delta include climate change, hydrometeorological hazards, upstream developments and an unsustainable development trajectory. We outline scientific knowledge gaps, as well as the pressing need for sharable analysis‐ready data and innovations. Finally, we provide recommended future research avenues for multiscale actions toward a sustainable and resilient delta future.This article is categorized under: Human Water > Water Governance Science of Water > Water Extremes Science of Water > Water and Environmental Change

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Drivers of agricultural transformation in the coastal areas of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

Compelled to Compete: Rendering Climate Change Vulnerability Investable

Compelled to Compete: Rendering Climate Change Vulnerability Investable

Transformational policies and strategies framework accelerating green transition – The case of agriculture in Vietnam

Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

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