Present status and perspective of integrated farming system (VAC) in the Mekong Delta
2005
Ohira, T.(Tokyo Univ. (Japan)) | Ishikawa, S. | Kurokura, H.
Present status of an integrated farming system, referred to as VAC system in Vietnam, was surveyed in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam). The survey was conducted through interviews of farm households in My Loc Village, Tam Binh District, Vinh Long Province. Approximately 70% of the surveyed households were registered as operating RVAC farms, which produced rice in the integrated farming system. Twenty percent were registered as operating rice monoculture farms, which mainly produced rice, and the others were registered as operating VAC farms, which did not produce rice in the integrated farming system. However, differences in the products and productivity were not significant among the RVAC farms and rice monoculture farms, except for the amount of total production, and farmers in the village produced a variety of products, including rice, fruits, fishes and animals, regardless of the registered system. As for the characteristics of these products, rice production depended on the area and the market price remained stable. Production of fruits was restricted by the labor force, though the price fluctuations were wide and a higher income could be expected. Fish which could be produced at a low cost, were used for home consumption, while high production could be achieved from a small area in the case of livestock. Farmers in the village produced a variety of products combining the characteristics of each product and wanted to enhance fruit and animal production. Assuming that the area of cultivated land per household is likely to decrease in the Mekong Delta, increase of fruit and animal production can be predicted.
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