Abstract
Abstract: This study undertakes an economic analysis of selected sustainable land management (SLM) models in three selected provinces: Hoa Binh province in the Northwestern Mountainous region, Quang Tri province in the North Central Coast and Can Tho province in the Mekong Delta. The SLM models in Hoa Binh province are agroforestry models and those in the provinces of Quang Tri and Can Tho are annual crop rotations and intercropping with improved cultivation methods. The present study uses primary data from a multipurpose survey of 826 farm households. The results show that the agroforestry systems in Hoa Binh province are not financially attractive to farmers as their net returns are low, but their off-site benefit of soil erosion reduction in terms of safe removal and dumping cost of sediment is remarkable, about VND 300,000–320,000 per hectare per year. The SLM models in Hai Lang district (Quang Tri) are profitable with a much higher net return than that of prevailing non-SLM model with cassava mono-cropping. For Can Tho province, the SLM models with rice and upland crop rotations have significantly higher net returns than those of the triple-rice rotation model. However, the profitability of the studied SLM models is significantly affected by the risks associated with poor development or lack of outlet markets. Enhancing farmers’ agribusiness knowledge making them be able to deal with risks in the adoption of SLM models is of vital importance.
Keywords: sustainable land management economic analysis, Hoa Binh, Quang Tri, Can Tho
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