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A comparative analysis of gender and youth issues in rice production in North, Central, and South Vietnam

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Title A comparative analysis of gender and youth issues in rice production in North, Central, and South Vietnam
 
Creator Duyen, Tran Nhat Lam
Rañola, Roberto F.
Sander, Björn Ole
Wassmann, Reiner
Nguyen, Dinh Tien
Ngoc, Nong Nguyen Khanh
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
rice
gender
 
Description This paper examines how rice farmers at all gender and ages perceive climate change and adopt Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies to enhance resilience and adaptation in three sub-regions of Vietnam. Impacts on livelihoods resilience, workloads of left behind family members, gender roles and responsibilities are also assessed. Using data from 579 randomly-sampled households, results show that women play a more important role in rice production in North and Central compared to the South due to higher rate of male out-migration. Differences in awareness and adoption of CSA technologies are observed although men and women across provinces have similar perception of climate change. The key challenges of youth engagement include drudgery in farm operations, labour-intensive technologies, low profit, inadequate access to land and credit, and lack of agricultural insurance scheme. Results imply that farmers should be provided with equal opportunities in trainings and field demonstrations on CSA technologies. Recommendations to attract the youth include: (i) promote on-farm training at school; (ii) organize exchange visits, trade fairs, competition on farming techniques; (iii) develop good production and business model; (iv) emphasize the important role of farmers and agriculture; (v) update agricultural policies and programmes; (vi) upgrade the skills and knowledge of extension workers.
 
Date 2021-02-07
2020-04-07T12:21:33Z
2020-04-07T12:21:33Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Duyen TNL, Rañalo RF, Sander BO, Wassmaann R, Nguyen DT, Ngoc NNK. 2021. A comparative analysis of gender and youth issues in rice production in North, Central, and South Vietnam. Climate and Development 13(2):115-127.
1756-5529
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107943
FP3_VietnamLED
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1734771
PII-FP3_CCAC
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 115-127
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Climate and Development