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Agriculture & Food, Volume 9, 2021

PLANT DIVERSITY AND FOOD SECURITY AT HOUSEHOLDS IN MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
Pham Ngoc Nhan, Huynh Quang Tin, Le Tran Thanh Liem
Pages: 334-344
Published: 29 Oct 2021
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Abstract: The research aims at collecting basic data with the participation of farmers in the Mekong Delta – Viet Nam; then proposes solutions to enhance farmers' capability in bio-diversity management, which help ensure household food security for the future. Also in the research, the group of researchers has focused on agricultural manufacturing efficiency, food security and plant diversity at household level. The PRA - Participatory Rural Appraisal and Questionnaires method were used in this research. The result of research showed that the main resource of farmers' income within is from grain rice production, accounted for 95.2% in An Giang province, 74.4% in Hau Giang province and 87.9% in Soc Trang province. The division of labor in terms of gender is relatively reasonable. It has also found out that farmers have considerable knowledge of household food security; that plant diversity is decreasing as agricultural products are subjected to change towards market needs (24.3% in An Giang province, 27.1% in Hau Giang province and 33.3% in Soc Trang province). Besides, the research results also showed the fact of food insecurity and how households to react in case of food insecurity.
Keywords: rice manufacturing, efficiency, mekong delta, plant diversity
Cite this article: Pham Ngoc Nhan, Huynh Quang Tin, Le Tran Thanh Liem. PLANT DIVERSITY AND FOOD SECURITY AT HOUSEHOLDS IN MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Agriculture & Food 9, 334-344 (2021). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1002325/
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