| ID: | 84087 |
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| Country: | Viet Nam |
| Title: | Vietnam – Project for Adaption to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) – April 2023 |
| Description: |
Mr. Nguyen Van Ngot, 44-years-old and married with two with 2 children, is a member the Dinh Cu River Blood Cockles Cooperative Common Interest Group that farms blood cockles in a three-hectare area of a brackish water in the Xep Lay River that flows near his home. The group earns about VND 100 - 120 million from their annual crop (TUS$ 4-5). “Before joining the project, my family was poor. I joined the corporative in 2018 and received 1,000 seed clams. By 2023, I had multiplied them to 70,000 blood cockles. And I will continue to increase the number. With my additional income, I was able to buy a refrigerator and a television and other items for my family. Gradually, we have a more stable, fuller and happier life.” With US$ 5,000 he received in 2018 from The Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD), the ten members of the Dinh Cu River Blood Cockles Cooperative, a Common Interest Group in Dinh Cu hamlet, added US$ 2,300 of their own money and invested in 800 kg of seed clams, made nets, and employed labor to improve riverside mudflats to develop blood calm farming on 0.6 hectares of water surface. The clams, which feed on natural food sources, grow for eight months in the river’s brackish water, unimpacted by salinity intrusion. Breeding normally takes place from April to July with harvesting eight months to one year later. Tra Vinh Province is greatly affected by climate change. Natural disasters and extreme climate events are increasing, and salinity intrusion is damaging agriculture and aquaculture in the area, reducing rice, vegetable and fruit productivity and crop quality. AMD is supporting people to build alternative livelihoods, helping them adapt to climate change, thereby enabling many poor and near-poor households escape poverty. With the added investment, cooperative members have increased their production from 1,2 tons to 2 tons per harvest. Members share the profit equally, with each earning about VND 8 million (US$ 330) per annual harvest after selling to large offtakers. They supplement that income from renovating, preparing farms, harvesting and categorizing clams, with wages ranging from VND100,000 - VND150,000 per person per day (US$ 4-6). The cooperative keeps a cash reserve for reproduction of the new crop to ensure the self-sustainability of their enterprise. The Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) strengthened the resilience and adaptive capacity of 54,000 smallholder farmer households by generating sustainable income opportunities and improved rural livelihoods, reaching an estimated 210,000 people. To this end, AMD invests in climate resilient, inclusive, and remunerative value chain opportunities, including coconut, fruits, and aquaculture. |
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| Show more details: | Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Categories: | New from Asia and the Pacific |
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