Analyzing the impacts of climate change on farmers' livelihood in the center of Vietnam : case study in Nui Thanh District, Quang Nam Province | |
| Author | Pham Thi Ly |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-12-01 |
| Subject(s) | Farmers--Vietnam--Quang Nam Climatic changes--Vietnam--Quang Nam |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements fo rthe degree of Master of Science in Natural Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-12-01 |
| Abstract | In recent years, climate change has become a big problem in developing countries all over the world, especially in Vietnam. The study about the impacts of climate change on farmer’s livelihood is not conducted at local scale in Vietnam. This study analyses the impacts of climate change on agricultural livelihoods in Nui Thanh district -a coastal district of central Vietnam where so many natural disasters hit annually. This study persued to seek following queries including the trends in climatic factors, their effects on agriculture livelihood of local farmers, impacts on agriculture productivity as perceived by the farmers on their livelihood, and their adaptive measures to climate change. First, this study found out the trends in increase of some climate factors such as average annual temperature, maximum averagee temperature, total of annual rainfall and so on but the changes are not much. These changes have affected significantly on agriculture livelihood of local farmers. With other factors, these changes contribute to reduce productivity and quality of agriculture products. The farmers have perceived about local climate change and impacts of changes to their livelihood in part closely to analysis from secondary data. Thus, with direction of local government, they applied some measures to adapt to climate change and at first perception expected outcome. However, due to climate are more unstable in some recent years, income from agriculture is low and the households that with agriculture is main livelihood are usually poor. In order to reduce uncertainties from climate change, some activities are suggested by authority, such as water storage and augmentation, mangrove forest plantation, developing adaptive suitable varieties, agriculture practice and regular training should be carried out. |
| Keyword | Climate change; livelihood; agriculture; farmer; coastal zone; adaptive measure; adaptive strategies |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-12-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shivakoti, Ganesh P. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Nguyen, Thi Kim Oanh;Jourdain, Damien;Mai Trong Thong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Denmark (DANIDA);Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |