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Efficient Management of Natural Resources: A Way to Sustain Food Security in the Rainfed Sloping Lands of Northern Vietnam

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Title Efficient Management of Natural Resources: A Way to Sustain Food Security in the Rainfed Sloping Lands of Northern Vietnam
 
Creator Long, T D
Ramakrishna, A
Tam, H M
Viet, N V
Chinh, N T
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description Rainfed sloping lands occupy one-third area of northern Vietnam and are threatened with destruction of
natural resource base due to improper land use practices. Current production practices are exacerbating
soil loss and destruction of the natural habitat as the soils are deeply weathered, poor in nutrients, and
highly vulnerable to erosion. These ecosystems have much lower carrying capacity and respond to crop
intensification by rapid decline in productivity, even total collapse if not managed properly.
Remoteness and inaccessibility, low biological productivity, environmental degradation, disease and
health problems, population increase, and lack of a development paradigm tailored to the special
conditions are the key constraints for development. Sustainable farming on these lands in the perspective
of a seriously deteriorated ecology and environment is not an easy task. Proper understanding of
constraints and development of appropriate technologies with focus on soil, water, and nutrient
management help optimize food production and combat resource degradation. Research and application
of watershed based integrated natural resource management technologies offered excellent opportunities
for crop diversification to meet market orientation, sustaining food production at higher levels, improving
soil health, recharge of aquifers, and enhancing household incomes for better rural livelihoods in the
sloping land ecoregions of northern Vietnam
 
Date 2001
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5346/1/Proceedings-integrated-watershed-management_109-122.pdf
Long, T D and Ramakrishna, A and Tam, H M and Viet, N V and Chinh, N T (2001) Efficient Management of Natural Resources: A Way to Sustain Food Security in the Rainfed Sloping Lands of Northern Vietnam. In: Integrated Watershed Management for Land and Water Conservation and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Asia. Proceedings of the ADB-ICRISAT-IWMI Project Review and Planning Meeting, 10-14 December 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam.