Scale and scope economies in small household rice farming in Vietnam

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Thong, Ho Quoc

The Vietnamese agricultural sector has experienced a dramatic structural change based on increased specialization in rice cultivation. However, small-scale rice-farmers have continued to grow multiple crops, especially in less developed provinces. While the literature advocates crop diversification for reasons of both economic and ecological sustainability, there lacks empirical evidence as to whether crop diversification brings efficiency and productivity gains to small farms.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

What motivates farmers to accept good aquaculture practices in development policy? Results from choice experiment surveys with small-scale shrimp farmers in Vietnam

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Hoai, Nguyen Trong

This study explores small-scale Vietnamese shrimp farmers’ preferences for good aquaculture practices and proactive aquaculture development policy to encourage wastewater treatment and antibiotic use. Data were collected through a survey of farmers using two discrete choice experiments with a sample size of 450 respondents.

Peer Reviewed
Policy Design
Michael Jakob

MCC hosts side event at COP26

The EfD partner institution Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) will host a side event on “ The Political Economy of Coal and its Implications for Clean Energy…

Elizabeth Robinson

“We look for win-win situations”

Elizabeth Robinson is the Director of the prestigious Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics . EfD is proud to present her as one of the…

No Brainers in India

Submitted by Ishita Datta on
EfD Authors:
Chakravarty, Shoibal
Somanathan, Eswaran

The chapter by Shoibal Chakravarty and E. Somonathan focuses on coal, which accounts for a whopping 64% of India’s CO2 emissions in 2021. Since coal combustion also releases other deadly pollutants and particulates, its elimination would have collateral local environmental benefits. The current tax accounts for 20–40% of the price of coal paid by coal-burning power plants, which the authors consider to be well below the level  which would internalise even the local component of the pollution externality.

Book Chapter
Carbon Pricing, Policy Design
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