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| Title | Who makes a living here? Northwest Vietnam (Dien Bien, Son La, Yen Bai) | | Author | La Nguyen, Delia Catacutan, Hoang Thi Lua, Nguyen Mai Phuong and Do Trong Hoan | | Year | 2014 | | Publisher | World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - Vietnam | | City | Hanoi, Vietnam | | Call Number | PO0366-14 |
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Dien Bien, Son La and Yen Bai provinces are located in the mountainous Northwestern part of Vietnam. These total land area is covers about 3 million ha and has a population of about 2.4 million. According to statistical data in the year 2013, the tree cover account for 45% of total area and 14% is the area of agricultural cultivation. In general, mono-cropping and shifting cultivation are practiced in the three provinces. Maize is a main crop in slopping land. In 2013, maize was cultivated in more than 200 thousand ha (50% of agriculture land) with average yield of about 2.8 ton ha-1. The mono-crop cultivation in the sloping land has been identified as a cause of soil erosion, which related to soil degradation, low crop yield and water scarcity during the dry season.
The series of rural development policies have been implemented since the 1960s in the Northwestern Vietnam. Many positive impacts have been observed, such as improvement in physical and social infrastructure, poverty reduction, economic growth, reforestation and forest allocation, The period also witnessed negative impacts, such as the rapid population increase through immigration, forest losses, bio diversity loss, land degradation, environmental pollution, and changes in the land use system and livelihoods of ethnic minority groups. |
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