The impact of an adjusted cropping calendar on the welfare of rice farming households in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

Ferrer, Alice Joan G.; Thanh, Le Ha; Nguyen, Kiet T.; Chuong, Pham Hong; Trang, Vũ Thu; Hopanda, Jinky C.; Carmelita, Benedict Mark; Gummadi, Sridhar; Bernardo, Eisen Bernard

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2021.12.018

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“…Kedzior (2017) has analyzed environmental awareness and participation in Ganges water quality policy in India, and Lee and Mitchell (2019) have analyzed water related conflicts with reference to the Ganges basin. More generally, sustainability considerations, broadly construed, in the context of rivers have been studied by Ferrer et al (2022), Xu et al (2022), andAnh et al (2022).…”

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Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Batabyal,

Beladi

2024

Netw Spat Econ

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We think of the cleanup of water pollution in the Ganges river in India as a local public good and ask whether this cleanup ought to be decentralized or centralized. We depart from the existing literature on this subject in two important ways. First, we allow the heterogeneous spillovers from cleaning up water pollution to be positive or negative. Second, we focus on water pollution cleanup in three cities---Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi---through which the Ganges flows.Our model sheds light on two broad issues. First, we characterize efficient water pollution cleanup in the three cities, we describe how much water pollution is cleaned up under decentralization, we describe the set of cleanup amounts under decentralization, and we discuss why pollution cleanup under decentralization is unlikely to be efficient. Second, we focus on centralization. We derive the tax paid by the inhabitants of the three cities for pollution cleanup, the benefit to a city inhabitant from water pollution cleanup, how majority voting determines how much pollution is cleaned up when the spillovers from cleanup are uniform, and finally, we compare the amounts of pollution cleaned up with majority voting with the efficient pollution cleanup amounts.

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Section: Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Batabyal,

Beladi

2024

Netw Spat Econ

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“…The government should establish early warning systems that provide timely alerts and information regarding natural disasters and pest outbreaks. This will assist farmers in taking proactive measures, such as adjusting crop schedules, to minimize losses [40]. In Vietnam, the rice sowing schedule is carefully tailored for each locality to "avoid planthoppers", optimize pumping costs during the initial stages of the crop, and prevent end-of-crop flooding.…”

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The Impact of Natural Disasters and Pest Infestations on Technical Efficiency in Rice Production: A Study in Vietnam

Cao

Lee

2023

Sustainability

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This study examines the effects of natural disasters, such as typhoons, floods, droughts, and pest infestations, on the technical efficiency of rice production in Vietnam. Employing stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), the research estimates the technical efficiency in rice production of 2394 farmers from the 2018 Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) dataset. The findings indicate that the average technical efficiency of rice production among these farmers is 78.99%. Exposure to natural disasters and pest infestations leads farmers to reduce their investments in rice production, resulting in decreased technical efficiency, lower yields, and reduced profitability. Among the various disasters, droughts have the most significant adverse impact on technical efficiency in rice production. The results highlight the limited capacity of farmers to cope with the challenges posed by natural disasters in rice production. The study emphasizes the importance of providing timely support to farmers, fostering resilience within the context of rice farming, and enhancing agricultural sustainability in Vietnam. To address these challenges effectively, policymakers are advised to prioritize facilitating farmers’ access to agricultural insurance. Additionally, encouraging income diversification among farmers becomes crucial to ensuring provisions in the case of income loss from rice production due to natural disasters or pest infestations. Moreover, measures such as promoting climate-smart agricultural practices, improving water management infrastructure, establishing early warning systems, and emphasizing pest and disease control measures can be implemented to mitigate losses resulting from natural disasters and pest infestations.

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“…These have presented multiple risks to Vietnam’s agricultural sector (Vu et al 2018 ). Past and ongoing studies confirm the strong negative impact of climate change on Vietnam’s agricultural production and efforts at poverty reduction, food security, employment, and export (Nguyen et al 2022 ; Ferrer et al 2022 ; Diallo et al 2019 ; Huong et al 2019 ; Nguyen and Nguyen 2019 ; Trinh 2018 ; Tivet and Boulakia 2017 ; Le et al 2015a , 2015b ; Arndt et al 2015 ).…”

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Farming household adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies: evidence from North-Central Vietnam

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Vietnam recently introduced a policy to promote climate-smart agricultural technologies (CSATs) to enhance farmer resilience and adaptation to climate change. This study sought to identify factors influencing the adoption and the continuation of CSATs adoption among smallholder farmers. The study surveyed 215 farmers in My Loi Village, Ha Tinh Province in North-Central Vietnam, where CSATs have been adopted and practiced since 2014. Logistic and ordinary least square regression models were applied to analyze the data. The results showed that attendance to training on CSATs, presence of a fellow farmer as a source of information, rice cultivation, farming experience and number of crops grown significantly influenced the adoption of CSATs. Farmer adoptions of CSATs, in contrast, were negatively influenced by more working men in the family and membership in a farming organization. The continuous adoption of CSATs was promoted by training, support from agriculture extension officers, upward mobility of farmers, farm ownership and the number of crops grown. Meanwhile, families with a larger number of male workers were less likely to continuously adopt CSATs. Policy-related recommendations were proposed to encourage farmers to adopt CSATs in the region. They included: (i) raising public awareness on CSATs through provision of high-quality information and training; (ii) enhancing technical assistance through the agricultural extension staff to all farmers, especially women; (iii) considering local context and smallholder farmer socioeconomic factors when developing climate-smart actions and programs.

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The impact of an adjusted cropping calendar on the welfare of rice farming households in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

Cited by 13 publications

References 16 publications

Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

The Impact of Natural Disasters and Pest Infestations on Technical Efficiency in Rice Production: A Study in Vietnam

Farming household adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies: evidence from North-Central Vietnam

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