Agricultural Land Use and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Mekong Delta
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The Mekong Delta (MKD) is Vietnam’s
most productive agricultural region, and its agroeconomy is
well integrated into international markets. Nevertheless,
there are increasing threats to the MKD’s agricultural
achievements, and other serious questions are emerging about
the sustainability of many of the prevailing production
systems. Sea level rise, caused by climate change, is
increasingly threatening the viability of once protected
cropping systems in the coastal areas. This study seeks to
contribute to the planning effort for the MKD by addressing
some analytical gaps, especially around the technical
feasibility and socioeconomic characteristics of alternative
agricultural production systems in the context of the
evolving natural conditions in the region, and more
specifically in the MKD’s three subregions (that is, Upper,
Middle, and Coastal). The primary purpose of the study is to
fill in that gap by reviewing and assessing different
livelihood models and land-use scenarios in the MKD using
multi-criteria of technical feasibly, climate change,
environmental adaptability, economic and financial, and
social aspects to inform the ongoing agricultural
transformation in the MKD.
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MEKONG DELTA, AGRICULTURE, LAND USE, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, COMMERCIAL FARMING, NONFARM LIVELIHOOD, RURAL AREA, SOCIOECONOMIC DYNAMICS, BIOPHYSICAL DYNAMICS, POTENTIAL MODELS