| ID: | 83997 |
|---|---|
| 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: |
The Xep Lay River where the Dinh Cu River Blood Cockles Cooperative Common Interest Group farms blood cockles in a three-hectare area of a brackish water. With US$ 5,000 received in 2018 from the Adaptation in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces (AMD) project, 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. 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. |
| Size: | 7.67 MB; 4928 x 3280 pixels; 417 x 278 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1304 x 868 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Nguyen Hoang Sanh |
| Categories: | New from Asia and the Pacific |
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