tailieunhanh - Dissertation summary: Solutions to improve economic efficiency in the production of rice of farmers in Can Tho City

Research objectives: The general objective of this dissertation is to propose solutions to enhance the economic efficiency in rice production for farming households in Can Tho city using estimates on economic efficiency and its determinants; estimating the economic efficiency in rice production by farming households in Can Tho city. | CAN THO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION c EO O NGUYEN TIEN DUNG SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN RICE PRODUCTION BY FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN CAN THO CITY SPECIALIZATION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CODE 62 62 01 15 . DISSERTATION SUMMARY Can Tho 2015 1 This dissertation is completed at Can Tho University Supervisor Dr. Le Khuong Ninh Associate Professor Discussant Dr. Thai Anh Hoa Discussant Dr. Nguyen Phu Son Associate Professor This dissertation will be defended in the presence of a . dissertation committee gathered at on . This dissertation is available at the Learning Resource Center of Can Tho University 2 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Agriculture farmers and the rural sector play a stratgic role in the process of industrialization and modernization of Viet Nam. Therefore good policies on those aspects is a key to the social - economic deveopment of the country. The Mekong River Delta MRD is one of the principal economic centrers of Viet Nam which provides more than 20 million tons of rough rice accounting for as much 50 of rice supply and 90 of exported rice of the entire country . Located in the middle of the MRD Can Tho city has significantly contributed to this achievement. Can Tho city which has more than 89 000 hectares of land devoted to rice production in triple cropping produces more than 1 million of rough rice per year. In 2013 rice production of the city was of 1 370 354 tonnes increasing by more than 2 8 as compared to that of 2012 . However the average income of the rural labour force including rice-producing farmers of the city was just of VND million per year equivalent to 41 of the average per capita income of the city . VND millions . That has been a consequence of the fact that agriculture is much dependent on weather instable input and output prices a lack of agricultural insurance market undeveloped infrastructure and a lack of investment capital. In addition loose linkages .