Maize boom in the uplands of Northern Vietnam : economic importance and environmental implications

Zeller, Manfred; Saint-Macary, Camille; Keil, Alwin

Maize boom in the uplands of Northern Vietnam : economic importance and environmental implications

dc.contributor.author	Zeller, Manfred	de
dc.contributor.author	Saint-Macary, Camille	de
dc.contributor.author	Keil, Alwin	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:42:04Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:42:04Z
dc.date.created	2009-02-12
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	In Vietnam, the demand for meat products has grown dramatically due to rapid economic growth and urbanisation and is expected to further increase in the future. Being the primary source of feed for the country?s livestock and poultry industry, maize has become the second most important crop after rice. While this maize boom has the potential to reduce rural poverty, it promotes the expansion of agricultural cultivation into fragile agro-ecological zones, often leading to deforestation and soil degradation, especially in the uplands. Using empirical evidence from mountainous Yen Chau district in north-western Vietnam, the objective of this paper is to investigate the current economic importance and environmental implications of maize cultivation. Furthermore, particular emphasis is placed on the identification of factors influencing farmers? decision how much area to allocate to maize in order to derive research and policy recommendations. Maize is the dominant crop in Yen Chau, covering most of the uplands and generating the lion?s share of households? cash income. Although farmers are well aware of soil erosion on their maize plots, effective soil conservation measures are rarely practiced. Maize is attractive to farmers from all social strata, notably the poor, and through marketing arrangements with traders its cultivation is also not constrained by poor infrastructural conditions. Access to low-interest credit should be enhanced to mitigate farmers? risk of being caught in a poverty trap when maize revenues plummet due to pests, diseases, price fluctuations, or adverse weather conditions. To address the problem of soil degradation in the maize-dominated uplands, research is needed on soil conservation options that are economically more attractive than those promoted thus far.	en
dc.identifier.swb	303648554
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5231
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-3417
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy; 2008,4
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject	Maize area expansion	en
dc.subject	Environmental sustainability	en
dc.subject	Tobit regression	en
dc.subject	Vietnam	en
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.subject.gnd	Nordvietnam	de
dc.subject.gnd	Maisproduktion	de
dc.subject.gnd	Umweltfaktor	de
dc.title	Maize boom in the uplands of Northern Vietnam : economic importance and environmental implications	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	2	de
local.institute.number	490	de
local.opus.number	341
local.series.issueNumber	2008,4
local.series.title	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Agricultural Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen und Subtropen	de

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