Adoption and impacts of ecologically-based rodent management in the Mekong Delta region

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Political Science

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Environmental Science and Management

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

11

Last Page

21

Publication Date

6-1-2015

Abstract

Since 1995, the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research has funded eight ecologically-based rodent management (EBRM) projects to address rodent problems in three countries in Mekong Delta Region, namely: Vietnam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia. This paper aims to analyze the adoption and impacts of EBRM among rice farmers in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam; the facilitating and constraining factors in its adoption, and lessons learned that could guide EBRM implementation in the future. The study utilized more of a qualitative approach anchored on an impact pathway framework. Data were gathered through focused group discussions among farmers from 19 villages, key informant interviews among key cooperators from collaborating agencies, and review of project documents and scientific papers published from the projects in the three countries. The ACIAR rodent control projects have brought about widespread adoption and significant impacts- economic, environmental, and socio-cultural- of EBRM in Vietnam but were limited in Lao PDR and Cambodia. The interplay of political, socio-cultural, historical, and economic factors is critical in the adoption of EBRM, and therefore, must be considered in promoting EBRM. © 2015, University of the Philippines Los Banos. All rights reserved.

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Disciplines

Political Science

Keywords

Rodents—Control--Mekong Delta

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