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Abstract
This paper examines factors influencing agricultural land-use efficiency among 35 ethnic minority groups in Vietnam during the 2010–2018 period. A hybrid approach comprising the Difference-in-Difference model with Propensity Score Matching (DID_PSM) is adopted to examine the effect of different land sizes, land elevations, and land tenure on land-use efficiency. The results show that: (1) land size and agricultural production form an ‘U-shaped’ relationship; (2) farming on high land decreases efficiency by around 7.7%–8.0%; (3) farmers purchasing or hiring land in long-term are 7.3%–8.2% more efficient. The paper also discusses typical land characteristics of mountainous areas including steep and fragmentation related to the three comparing factors. From these results, implications are made for Vietnamese authorities about ‘land accumulation’ policies and other ‘farming on elevation’ techniques.
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Tuan Nguyen-Anh
1. Tuan Nguyen-Anh, MSc. – First author
Tuan Nguyen-Anh is currently a lecturer at Faculty of Political Economy, VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University. His research interests include Agricultural Economics; Environmental Economics; Resource Economics; Behavioural Economics; Development and Sustainability.
Recent publications:
o Lich Hoang-Khac, Tiet Tuyen, Nguyen To-The & Tuan Nguyen-Anh* (2021), ‘Impact of human capital on technical eciency in sustainable food crop production: A meta-analysis’, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, accepted, Taylor & Francis.
o Huong Nguyen-Thi-Lan, Shah Fahad, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Huong Tran-Thi-Thu, Hong Chinh-Nguyen & Nguyen To-The* (2021), ‘Farmers’ risk perception, attitude and beliefs on climate variability: Indications in northern mountains of Vietnam’, PLOS ONE, accepted, PLOS ONE.
o Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh* (2021), ‘Economic impact of political ties in Vietnam: Evidence from northern rural households’, Asia-Pacic Journal of Regional Science, 3(1), 20–27, Springer.
o Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh* (2021), ‘Market-oriented extension and technical eciency in small-scale maize farmers: Evidence from northern Vietnam’, Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2(2), 51–62, Emerald.
o Nicolas Lampach*, Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2021), ‘Technical efficiency and the adoption of multiple agricultural technologies in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam’, Land Use Policy, 103, 105289, Elsevier.
o Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh* (2020), ‘Impact of government intervention to maize efficiency at farmer level across time: A robust evidence in Northern Vietnam’, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23 (2), 2038–2061, Springer.
o Nguyen To-The, Tuan Nguyen-Anh* & Thao Le-Phuong (2020), ‘Vietnamese Tea Exporting and Forecasting to 2030’, Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 3(2), 636–646, Vietnam.
o To-The Nguyen* and Tuan Nguyen-Anh (2019), ‘Assessing the handicraft enterprises' willingness to pay for waste treatment in Red River Delta, Vietnam’, Vietnam's Socio-Economic Development, 4, 15–26, Vietnam.
*Corresponding author
Chinh Hoang-Duc
2. Chinh Hoang-Duc, BSc.
Chinh Hoang-Duc graduated from Faculty of International Economics and is now working as a researcher assistant at Faculty of Political Economy, VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University. His research interests include International Development Economics; Environmental Economics; Resource Economics; Behavioural Economics; Development and Sustainability.
Recent publications:
o Phuong Thao Pham Thi, Chinh Hoang-Duc, Hoang Xuyen Do Thi, Toan Minh Pham. ‘Financial support for labour amidst COVID-19: International experience and implication for Vietnam’. Conference: Vietnam's Economy In 2020 And Outlook For 2021 - Responding to and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic - Towards recovery and development, National Economics University, March 2021.
o Huong, Thanh Vu; Chinh, Hoang-Duc; Thao, Hoa Thien Le; Trang, Minh Do, 2019. ‘Factors influencing online shopping behaviour of university students in Hanoi, Vietnam: A model and empirical study’, Business and Economic Horizons, Vol.15, Issue 4, pp. 573 592.
o Nhung, Nguyen Cam; Hoan, Pham Xuan; Chinh, Hoang-Duc, 2019. ‘Vietnam Financial Integration Level in the Region’, Global Challenges and Vietnams' Financial Stability, Chapter.2, pp.78 100, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, ID: 2K 37DH2019
o Chinh Hoang-Duc, Hoang Le Kien. ‘Applying Early Warning System in Assessing Probability of a Currency Crisis’. Financial Stability Working Group, Young Scholar Initiative Institute for New Economic Thinking, November 2020.
Anh Le-Ngoc
3. Anh Le-Ngoc, BSc.
Le Ngoc Anh is the Staff of the Faculty of Development Economics at University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Her research focuses include geography of Vietnam, human geography, environmental economics, and mountainous landscape ecology.
Thinh Nguyen-An
4. Assoc.Prof. Thinh Nguyen-An, PhD. – Corresponding author
Assoc. Professor Dr. An Thinh Nguyen is the Dean of the Faculty of Development Economics at University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He is also the Vice-President of the International Association of Landscape Ecology in Vietnam region (VN-IALE). His research focuses include geography of Vietnam, human geography, environmental economics, and mountainous landscape ecology.
Recent publications:
o Nguyen, T. A., Nguyen, B. T., Van Ta, H., Nguyen, N. T. P., Hoang, H. T., Nguyen, Q. P., & Hens, L. (2021). Livelihood vulnerability to climate change in the mountains of Northern Vietnam: comparing the Hmong and the Dzao ethnic minority populations. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–21.
o Tran, D. N. L., Nguyen, T. D., Pham, T. T., Rañola, R. F., & Nguyen, T. A. (2021). Improving Irrigation Water Use Efficiency of Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) Production in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Sustainability, 13(12), 6603.
o Nguyen, A. T., Turner, S., & Kalacska, M. (2021). Challenging slopes: ethnic minority livelihoods, state visions, and land-use land cover change in Vietnam’s northern mountainous borderlands. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–20.
o Nguyen, C. H., Nguyen, A. T., Truong, Q. H., Dang, N. T., & Hens, L. (2021). Natural resource use conflicts and priorities in small islands of Vietnam. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–26.
o Pham, H. T., Nguyen, A. T., Do, A. T. N., & Hens, L. (2021). Impacts of Simulated Acid Rain on the Growth and the Yield of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) in the Mountains of Northern Vietnam. Sustainability, 13(9), 4980.
o Nguyen, A. T., & Hens, L. (2021). Diversified responses to contemporary pressures on sloping agricultural land: Thai farmer’s perception of mountainous landscapes in northern Vietnam. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(4), 5411–5429.
o Pham, H. T., Nguyen, A. T., Nguyen, T. T., & Hens, L. (2019). Stakeholder Delphi-perception analysis on impacts and responses of acid rain on agricultural ecosystems in the Vietnamese upland. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–27.