The economic sustainability of rice farming and its influence on farmer decision-making in the upper Mekong delta, Vietnam

• Main Authors: van Aalst, Maaike A, Koomen, Eric, Tran, Dung Duc, Hoang, Hong Minh, Nguyen, Hong Quan, De Groot, Henri L. F.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Land And Water Management; Rice Farmer Income
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172558
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Intensive agriculture is increasingly associated with environmental degradation that may jeopardise long-term environmental and economic sustainability. The high-dike system in the upper Mekong delta that has enabled intensive rice cultivation represents a prime example of these potential negative f...