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ABSTRACT
Title: Roles of “shrimp-mangrove integration model” in contributing to the
livelihoods of local community as perceived by local farmers – in Duyen Hai, Tra
Vinh
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is now facing the negative consequences mostly
caused by climate change and ineffective traditional delta planning. Strategic delta
planning is expected to lead the Mekong Delta more adaptive to climate change
situation. The Mekong Delta Plan 2013 is a representative of strategic delta planning
that tried to address challenges that the Mekong Delta has faced. In which "Integration
of mangrove - shrimp model," is one of the proposed solutions aimed at creating
sustainable shrimp farming and mangrove strip as coastal protection service towards
sustainable future development. The research was conducted aiming at analyzing
perception of the Mekong delta’s inhabitants towards the roles of the mangrove - shrimp
as a polyculture model in saline intrusion and climate change context. In-depth
interviews, field survey, questionnaires and conjoint analysis were applied in the study
to gather opinions of local community on the chosen model and identify their
preferences through willingness to pays (WTPs). We conducted the survey in three
different population: The main results of this research are: 60% of respondents showed
their concern on saline intrusion. Satisfaction of respondents about polyculture of
mangrove - shrimp model is low (33,3%). However, amongst the three proposed
innovative solutions within this integrated study (Floating rice for Upper delta, Room
for the Rivers for the Middle, and Shrimp-Mangrove integration for the coastal delta
and have been among others, proposed by the MDP), the Shrimp-mangrove model did
not enjoy significant result with p-value is 0.33. Therefore, there is no interpretation in
terms of willingness-to-pay of respondents on developing polyculture of mangrove -
shrimp model but the author draw a conclusion that this model has not been much
concerned by the Mekong delta’s inhabitants.
Key words: polyculture of mangrove - shrimp model, saline intrusion, strategic
delta planning, willingness-to-pay.
