Reducing agriculture-led forest loss in Viet Nam: the role of land use constraints
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Maria Giulia Crespi, Ada Ignaciuk, Joanna Ilicic, et al. FAO, 2021
This
brief reviews some of the main land use contraints to reducing
agriculture-led forest loss in Viet Nam. We find that agricultural land
use constraints increase agriculture-driven pressure on forests. Farmers
producing high-value crops have more incentives
to deforest, and this increase when operating in areas with land use
constrains. Removing land use constraints, repurposing agricultural
support and reinforcing environmental regulations would improve
agricultural productivity, sustainability and climate resilience,
while reducing pressure on forests. The findings in this brief have been
adapted from the FAO Agrifood Economics project “Guiding policies and
investments to reduce agriculture-led deforestation in Viet Nam”. This
brief reviews some of the main land use contraints
to reducing agriculture-led forest loss in Viet Nam. We find that
agricultural land use constraints increase agriculture-driven pressure
on forests. Farmers producing high-value crops have more incentives to
deforest, and this increase when operating in areas
with land use constrains. Removing land use constraints, repurposing
agricultural support and reinforcing environmental regulations would
improve agricultural productivity, sustainability and climate
resilience, while reducing pressure on forests. The findings
in this brief have been adapted from the FAO Agrifood Economics project
“Guiding policies and investments to reduce agriculture-led
deforestation in Viet Nam”.
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