Adaptation options for rice-based cropping systems in climate risk-prone provinces in the Mekong River Delta: An assessment report | PreventionWeb & more
Re-post of a working paper of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) that highlights the results of consultation meetings and field visits organized by Vietnam's Department of Crop Production and CCAFS Southeast Asia in association with the five offices of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Mekong River Delta provinces of An Giang, Can Tho, Dong Thap, Long An, and Tra Vinh. This assessment report also looks at various issues that affect the agricultural transformation of the region such as failure to recognize risks brought about by climate change, unpredictable prices of agricultural products in the local and world market, lack of linkages between farmers and potential markets, lack of knowledge and skills in growing new crops, and spontaneous breaching of provincial government plans in changing cropping systems, and more investments in modernizing agricultural infrastructure, among others.
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