This is an initial scoping report which examines options for more in-depth research and field work. It is based on a review of secondary sources, including a commissioned overview report prepared by the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute at the University of Can Tho. It is also informed by a number of stakeholder interviews and a two day visit to the DANIDA Global Competitiveness Facility project sites in Can Tho and An Giang provinces in July 2013.
The report has four sections providing information on: 1) the Mekong Delta region and its economy; 2) agriculture in the Mekong Delta, focusing particularly on rice and pangasius, as well as some information on fruit cultivation; 3) Existing donor engagement with business in agriculture in the Mekong Delta; 4) discussion of future research directions.
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Mekong Delta
Split by the two main branches of the Mekong River, the Tien and the Hau, the Delta is Vietnam’s fertile rice bowl. Over the past ten years, the Delta’s urban population has been growing at an average rate of 3.4% per year, compared with rural population growth averaging 0.4%. However, the Mekong Delta remains one of the most rural areas of Vietnam: 76.7% of the population was classified as rural in 2012, compared with the national rate of 68.3%. This study focuses on the three central provinces of the Delta: An Giang, Can Tho and Dong Thap. In administrative terms, Can Tho is a city under direct central government control and is the largest city in the Delta but it also covers an important agricultural area.
The Mekong Delta region has a slighter lower than average poverty rate, standing at 10.6% in 2012 according to General Statistical Office definitions. The rates in An Giang and Can Tho are also lower than this regional average: 6.17% and 5.19% respectively. However, the region remains largely a smallholder economy and is not wealthy: 69% of households own less than 0.5 hectares of land – though again, these figures are lower in the three target provinces (39-42%). Rural landlessness is much more apparent than in other regions of the country - a 2011 survey by Bui Quang Dung and Dang Thi Viet Phuong estimated 25% of the population, with higher rates in An Giang. Economic disparity is also growing: expenditure levels of the highest quintile exceeded that of the lowest quintile by a factor of 7.3 in 2008 – compared with 6.7 in 2004
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