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Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on smallholder farmers and vulnerable rural people in Viet Nam.

VIET NAM - Under the framework of the project “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think-tanks for Countries in Mekong sub-region” (NARDT), IPSARD collaborated with experts from NARDT, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to publish the report “Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on smallholder farmers and vulnerable rural people in Viet Nam”. This report is an attempt to provide more in-depth and reliable information for decision-making by the Vietnamese Government to cope with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. INTRODUCTION

II. IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN VIETNAM

2.1. Impacts on agricultural GDP.

2.2. Impacts on the agricultural product markets.

2.3. Impacts on the agricultural supply chains.

III. IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE RURAL AREAS

3.1. Rural households' livelihoods in Viet Nam.

3.2. Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on rural household employment.

3.3. Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on income and spending of rural people.

3.4. Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on social security and poverty.

IV. THE RESPONSE OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TO THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THEIR ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORTING POLICY

4.1. The response of rural households to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

4.2. Rural households' access to government supporting policies.

V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1. Support farmers and rural people so that no-one is left behind.

5.2. Promote export, open up the market, pay special attention to the domestic market.

5.3. Support investment in logistics services, promote e-commerce, trading e-platforms.

5.4. Improve the investment environment to prepare or new investments when there are opportunities.

5.5. Conduct research and formulate evidence-based policies.

REFERENCES

Full-text of the report

            English version

            Vietnamese version

For further details of the report, please contact:

THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (IPSARD)

Address: 16 Thuy Khue street, Tay Ho district, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tel: (84 24)39723390 – Fax: (84 24) 39722067

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.ipsard.gov.vn

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