The research approaches on smallholder rubber development project in central highlands of Vietnam according to the first rural statement

Vietnamese government intends to develop natural rubber sector. The Rubber area should be extended from 390 000 hectares in 1998 to 700 000 hectares at the end of the decade 2000-2010. This increase will be carried out through an extension of the smallholder part. The Agricultural Diversification Project (ADP), started in 1999, aims to increase and stabilise incomes of the poorest fanners in central Vietnam (3 Highland and 8 coastal provinces). This aim can be reached by a diversification of the existing fanning systems, in which rubber can occupied a central part as a way to get long term regular incomes and to protect land. ADP works with three main tools : (i) loans for smallholders including long term credit for perennial crops, (ii) land use certificate attribution and (iii) technical support to farmers by institutional strengthening. Research program, linked to ADP and carried out by Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam (RRIV) in partnership with International Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CIRAD), has to create diversified rubber cropping technologies, fitted to a large range of socio-economical and ecological conditions. National authorities often consider Highlands in Central Vietnam as the most promising area for Rubber development. This region constitutes also one of the most important land reserve of the country which would have the biggest new planting in the period 2000-2010. Following this logic, Highlands are the first priority area of the project and research component. This paper presents first the main characteristics of rural socio-economical conditions and current dynamics in Gia Lai province, the research approaches and the trials already established. This statement enables to precise opportunities, constraints and means to farming systems diversification and rubber smallholding development with the poorest farmers, who mostly belong to ethnic minority groups.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Boulakia, Stéphane, Trung Phuc, Le Gia, Thuy Hoa, Tran Thi, Enjalric, Frank
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Indonesian Rubber Research Institute
Subjects:	E16 - Économie de la production, E10 - Économie et politique agricoles, Hevea brasiliensis, petite exploitation agricole, économie de production, rendement, diversification, projet de développement, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7113, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26808, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8488, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2344, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2229, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8227,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/475905/
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!