NGHIÊN CỨU CÁC YẾU TỐ ẢNH HƯỞNG ĐẾN SỰ QUAN TÂM CỦA NÔNG DÂN TRỒNG LÚA ĐỐI VỚI BIẾN ĐỔI KHÍ HẬU Ở ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG
NGHIÊN CỨU CÁC YẾU TỐ ẢNH HƯỞNG ĐẾN SỰ QUAN TÂM CỦA NÔNG DÂN TRỒNG LÚA ĐỐI VỚI BIẾN ĐỔI KHÍ HẬU Ở ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG
Factors influencing rice farmers’ concern in climate change in Cuu Long River Delta
The study set out to find out factors that decide the farmers’ concern on climate change in Cuu Long River Delta with special reference to some provinces, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, Soc Trang and Kien Giang. A survey of 200 rice farmers in 2011 was conducted by randomly interview method by pre-questionaire and opened questionaires. Logistic regression analysis is used to find out the factors affecting to farmers’ concern on climate change. The result showed that the farmers were aware on climate change with low percentage and not sufficient on climate change. The results from the study also showed that the age of the household head, gender, education level and total rice area have close relationship with farmers’ concern on climate change. Findings suggest a suitable measure to enhance farmers’ perception on climate change.