Unpacking the processes that catalyzed the adoption of best management practices for lowland irrigated rice in the Mekong Delta

RJ Flor, LA Tuan, NV Hung, NT My Phung, M Connor… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vietnam is supportive of the transition to sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta.
The national program promoted best management practices for rice production through “1 …

Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges

F Sugden, B Agarwal, S Leder, P Saikia… - Journal of Agrarian …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Do farmers' collectives, which pool land, labour, capital, and skills to create medium‐sized
production units, offer a more viable model of farming for resource‐constrained smallholders …

Grabbed trust? The impact of large-scale land acquisitions on social trust in Africa

T Wegenast, C Richetta, M Krauser, A Leibik - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The livelihoods of rural populations in Africa are closely tied to small-scale farming. In recent
years, private investors as well as governments have shown a growing interest in large …

[HTML][HTML] How can we engage farmers in bioenergy development? Building a social innovation strategy for rice straw bioenergy in the Philippines and Vietnam

AM Minas, S Mander, C McLachlan - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Involving farmers and local communities in bioenergy development is important for the
deployment of sustainable bioenergy systems, especially if rural areas are to maximise …

Environmental, social, and economic challenges in lowland rice production

M Connor, AJB Malabayabas, AH de Guia… - Closing rice yield gaps …, 2023 - Springer
The CORIGAP project was implemented in six main rice granaries in South and Southeast
Asia. The project introduced several country-specific sustainable best management …

[HTML][HTML] Social capital enhances the resilience of agricultural cooperatives: comparative case studies in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

HH Hua, PR Brown - World Development Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural cooperatives play an important role in increasing rice production and contribute
to the rural economy of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, but their resilience can be influenced by …

Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Beginning Farmer Success in the State of Missouri

CE Eggerman - 2023 - bearworks.missouristate.edu
As the average age of the American farmer continues to increase (NASS, 2019), concerns
about attracting future agriculturalists remain. Several governmental programs exist to assist …

Factor influencing member value in agricultural co-operatives in Vietnam

TT Pham - 2018 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
This thesis examines the agricultural co-operative sector in Vietnam, within the context of
moving from a centrally planned economy to a market-oriented system. The research used a …

The Critical Success Factors of Agricultural Cooperatives in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

BC Nguyen, BJ Zhang, Z Liu - International Journal of Asian …, 2014 - igi-global.com
In order to help farmers improve production, there is a need to link input and output
operations, and agricultural cooperatives may be the best form. The cooperatives in Vietnam …

[PDF][PDF] Farmer collectives to overcome agrarian stress and inequalities: learnings and opportunities from the Eastern Gangetic Plains

F Sugden, S Leder, B Agarwal, P Saikia - Unpublished report, 2018 - researchgate.net
For smallholder farmers across the Global South, the peasantry is facing new patterns of
stress. Climate change is converging with an increasingly unfavourable political-economic …