@article{Phong:166012,
      recid = {166012},
      author = {Phong, Le Thanh and Udo, Henk M.J. and van Mensvoort,  Martinus E.F. and Bosma, Roel H. and Tri, Le Quang and  Nhan, Dang Kieu and van der Zijpp, Akke J.},
      title = {Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in the Mekong  Delta, Vietnam: An Analysis of Recent Trends},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development},
      address = {2007-12},
      number = {1362-2016-107679},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {In order to explain the trends in the development and farm  attributes of Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture (IAA)  systems in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, a participatory  community appraisal and two surveys are carried out in  three districts with contrasting fish culture input  systems. The first survey, undertaken in December 2002,  covers 90 households; the second, held December 2004,  covers 80 households. The factors driving changes in the  farming systems are the introduction of modern rice  varieties, the policy of economic liberalization, market  demand, and natural disasters. The principal components of  IAA systems in the Mekong Delta which the study examines  are the land use intensity, market access, farm diversity,  farm inputs, and household income. The study finds that the  hard-to-change farm characteristics are the land use  intensities of rice, orchard and cash crops. In contrast,  the easy-to-change farm characteristics are the number of  farm components, the land use intensity of fish ponds,  on-farm family labor, off-farm and non-farm income, and  farm inputs. The main drivers of the changes over the two  years are market demand and a poultry disease outbreak  (Avian Influenza). Well-off farmers with good farming  practices and enough capital tend to intensify their  farming practices, while the poorer farmers tend towards  diversification in order to safeguard their livelihood and  avoid risks.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/166012},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.166012},
}