Author: Nguyen Viet Dang
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-01-06
Year: 2001
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); B.W.E. Wickramanayake, Ganesh P. Shivakoti (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Vietnam turns to a new stage of it socio-economic development with a rapid growing economy since the economic reform process started in the agricultural sector in early 1980s and accelerated since 1989 (ADB, 2000). However, in analyzing the farm household economy in the Midlands, there are certain important questions of what socio-economic status of the farm household is, how the production systems operate, what the farmer’s perception is, how they participate in the supporting systems to faim development, and what measures needed to accelerate the farm development process. Addressing these issues, the research covers the socio-economic status of the farm households, the analysis of the farm production systems, the farmer’s perception and participation in the supporting systems, and the factors influencing the farm household development as well as the recommended measures for farm development. The study was conducted in the two communes locating in the lowland and upland regions of the Midlands district of Doan Hung, Phu Tho province in the North of Vietnam. Findings from this study showed that the farm households in the two regions had different farming practices, and occupational structure. The upland farmers maintained crop-based farming in a relative extensive manner, while the lowland farmers cultivated more intensively with emphasis on rice farming, livestock rearing, and heading for off-farm occupations. Consequently, the lowland farmers obtained higher annual income than those in the uplands. Among the crop enterprises, even though farmers in the lowland, especially the high income ones, produced higher gross margin but less cost-efficiency than those in the upland, especially the low income farmers. In contrast, among the livestock enterprises, the lowland farmers, especially the medium and high income ones produced higher gross margin and cost-efficiency than those in the upland. Under economic liberalization, the farmers participated actively in the supporting systems, but the farmers in the upland st
Scholarship Donor(s): Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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