Pham Xuan Phu
Department of Rural Development and Natural Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, An Giang University, a member of Ho Chi Minh City National University, Viet Nam.
Title: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FARMER’S EXPERIENCES USING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SUITAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
Biography
Biography: Pham Xuan Phu
Abstract
This research was carried out to explore the role of the appropriateness of farmer’s indigenous knowledge and their adaptive capacity to climate change in An Giang province. KAP (Knowledge-Attitude-Practice), PRA (KIP and focus group discussion) and household survey have been applied to collect data. The results showed that local people used several effective indigenous knowledge’s for coping with floods. However, the valuable indigenous knowledge has not been recorded yet, nor documented in written materials for sharing to young generation and communities; some indigenous practices are not suitable with the current requirement for flood adaptation strategies. Besides, this research explored the role and contribution of opportunities and challenges farmer’s experiences using indigenous knowledge to adapt to floods in sustainable development in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.