Hệ thống quản lý khoa học - Impact assessment of a local seventeen year initiative on cassava-based soil conservation measure on sloping land, as a climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practice, in Van Yen district of Yen Bai province

Tên bài báo:	Impact assessment of a local seventeen year initiative on cassava-based soil conservation measure on sloping land, as a climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practice, in Van Yen district of Yen Bai province (Lượt xem: )
Tên tạp chí:	CCAFS Working Paper No. 308. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Tạp chí thuộc:	Tạp chí KH quốc tế (khác)
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Năm xuất bản:	2020
Nước xuất bản:	Việt Nam
Tác giả thuộc Học viện:	ThS Vũ Thanh Biển TS. Nguyễn Thu Hà TS. Bùi Lê Vinh ThS Nguyễn Hải Núi PGS.TS. Nguyễn Đức Tùng ThS Đoàn Thanh Thủy
Các tác giả bài báo:	Bùi Lê Vinh; Nguyễn Hải Núi; Nguyễn Tuấn Cường; Nguyễn Đức Trung; Triệu Hồng Lụa; Đoàn Thanh Thủy; Nguyễn Đức Tùng; Vũ Thanh Biển; Nguyễn Thu Hà
Tóm tắt bài báo:	Van Yen District in Yen Bai Province represents the general terrain conditions and farming systems of the northern mountainous region of Vietnam. It has suffered land degradation due to soil erosion and nutrient depletion, which in turn led to declined crop yield, and food insecurity. The district experienced these impacts due to unsustainable upland agricultural practices. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development realized that their previous practices would not leave anything behind for the next generations. This prompted them to launch an agricultural conservation program in 2003 to restore degraded soils, which would improve the production in the farms, and diversify incomes and the household economy of local farmers. Over the 17 years of implementation, the program has introduced six conservation measures that have been well-received and implemented by the farmers of Van Yen. This report assesses the impacts of the 17-year program using the economic, environmental, and social lenses with a focus on the cassava crop, considering the traditional cassava monocrop system (or non-adoption group) and the six conservation measures (or adoption group). The economic impact component qualitatively looks at the differences of cassava productivity growth, stability of cassava yield, and investment of farmers. The environmental impact component investigates two major CCAFS areas, adaptation (soil infiltration rate and soil erosion) and mitigation (soil fertility and impact of pests and diseases), using qualitative and quantitative methods. The social impact component considers qualitatively the gender equity in decision making for farming practices, assessment suitability and feasibility of introduced measures, and the participation of farmers in implementation, trainings, and village meetings. The study applied a mixed-methods approach, using semi-questionnaire to collect qualitative information from 488 farmers across six communes and surveys to collect soil samples to assess the levels of soil restoration among certain measures. The study also used the quantitative research findings from two other research studies conducted in Mau Dong Commune to help discuss its findings.
Link:	https://ccafs.cgiar.org/publications/impact-assessment-local-seventeen-year-initiative-cassava-based