tailieunhanh - Báo cáo " Using multi‐criteria analysis as a tool to select the feasible measures for sustainable development of brackish water shrimp culture in Quang Tri Province "

In recent years, brackish water shrimp culture in Quang Tri Province has developed rapidly. Thanks to this development, lives of many local farmers have been improved, contributing considerably to the poverty alleviation goal. However, together with this positive impact, policy‐ makers and shrimp farmers are facing several issues such | VNU Journal of Science Earth Sciences 24 2008 66-78 Using multi-criteria analysis as a tool to select the feasible measures for sustainable development of brackish water shrimp culture in Quang Tri Province Nguyen Tien Giang1 Tran Anh Phuong1 Tran Ngoc Anh1 Nguyen Thanh Son1 Nguyen Truong Khoa2 1 College of Science VNU 2 Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Tri Province Received 7 July 2008 received in revised form 23 August 2008 Abstract. In recent years brackish water shrimp culture in Quang Tri Province has developed rapidly. Thanks to this development lives of many local farmers have been improved contributing considerably to the poverty alleviation goal. However together with this positive impact policymakers and shrimp farmers are facing several issues such as spread of shrimp s diseases water pollution and salinity intrusion. For the purpose of sustainable development it is necessary to search for and implement those measures which can solve effectively these emerging problems. This paper presents the results on the application of a multi-criteria analysis method to selecting the most feasible measures to these problems. The MCA results suggest the four most feasible measures and pinpoint that the combined option sedimentation reservoir reservoir with culture plus improved feeding and water management as the best option. Keywords Shrimp culture Multi-criteria analysis Feasible measures Sustainable development Quang Tri Province. 1. Introduction Quang Tri Province is located in the Central Vietnam. The province is bounded on the north by Quang Binh Province on the south by Thua Thien Hue Province on the west by Laos Republic and on the east by the sea . The Province includes 10 administrative units two towns and 8 districts in which Dong Ha is the provincial capital. Corresponding author. Tel. 84-4-2173940. E-mail giangnt@ As regards topography Quang Tri has all types of topography mountains hills plains and coastal sand dune .