Innovations and sustainability strategies in the upland agriculture of Northern Vietnam : an agent-based modeling approach

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2010

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EEPSEA, IDRC Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Singapore, SG

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This study assesses the impacts of recent agricultural innovations in Vietnam on soil nutrients and soil erosion as well as on the income of local farm households. It develops a conservation policy, and measures the trade-off between soil conservation and household income if the policy is implemented. A land tax could be used to reduce environmental problems such as soil loss. However, this kind of tax will have a negative impact on farmers’ livelihoods. The study therefore recommends that farmers should be helped to implement innovations in animal husbandry so that their standard of living is not unduly affected.

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AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, SOIL EROSION, WATER POLLUTION, LAND POLICY, VIET NAM, SOIL CONSERVATION, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, LAND USE, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, TAXATION, FAR EAST ASIA

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