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Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam
Agricultural land protection (ALP) is a standard policy response to a desire for food security. However, ALP may result in a misallocation of resources. Examining rice land policy in Vietnam, we determine the optimal level of rice land protected against other crops using a stochastic optimization mo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06754 |
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author | Chu, Long Nguyen, Hoa-Thi-Minh Kompas, Tom Dang, Khoi Bui, Trinh |
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description | Agricultural land protection (ALP) is a standard policy response to a desire for food security. However, ALP may result in a misallocation of resources. Examining rice land policy in Vietnam, we determine the optimal level of rice land protected against other crops using a stochastic optimization model built on top of a general equilibrium framework, combined with sequential micro-simulations on household data. We find that converting part of protected rice land enhances economic efficiency. Nonetheless, the policy is relatively pro-rich, implying a trade-off between poverty reduction and economic efficiency, making some households in already poor areas worse off. Our approach can be applied to land-use planning generally, highlighting the relevant tradeoffs and the search for needed optimal land-use policies. |
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spelling | pubmed-81000852021-05-14 Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam Chu, Long Nguyen, Hoa-Thi-Minh Kompas, Tom Dang, Khoi Bui, Trinh Heliyon Research Article Agricultural land protection (ALP) is a standard policy response to a desire for food security. However, ALP may result in a misallocation of resources. Examining rice land policy in Vietnam, we determine the optimal level of rice land protected against other crops using a stochastic optimization model built on top of a general equilibrium framework, combined with sequential micro-simulations on household data. We find that converting part of protected rice land enhances economic efficiency. Nonetheless, the policy is relatively pro-rich, implying a trade-off between poverty reduction and economic efficiency, making some households in already poor areas worse off. Our approach can be applied to land-use planning generally, highlighting the relevant tradeoffs and the search for needed optimal land-use policies. Elsevier 2021-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8100085/ /pubmed/33997370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06754 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chu, Long Nguyen, Hoa-Thi-Minh Kompas, Tom Dang, Khoi Bui, Trinh Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title | Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title_full | Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title_fullStr | Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title_full_unstemmed | Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title_short | Rice land protection in a transitional economy: The case of Vietnam |
title_sort | rice land protection in a transitional economy: the case of vietnam |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06754 |
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