Economic efficiency of agriculture production land use in Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province

Abstract

We collected data on land use types from archival documents and interviewed farmers, and then we analyzed and evaluated land use in terms of economic, social, and environmental efficiency. The results show that in Phong Dien district, there are six primary types of agricultural land use (‘two-crop rice’, ‘cassava’, ‘peanuts’, ‘cassava intercropping with peanuts’, ‘lotus’, ‘chives’, and ‘other vegetables’). Among the land uses, ‘two-crop rice’ is the most widespread type of land use, accounting for 77.71% of the total agricultural land area, followed by ‘cassava’ (​​8.03%), ‘peanuts’ (6.56%) and ‘other vegetables’. The type of land use for chives cultivation is highly effective; ‘cassava intercropping with peanuts’ and ‘vegetables’ have very high economic efficiency; land use types for ‘two-crop rice’, ‘cassava’, ‘peanut’, and ‘lotus’ have medium economic efficiency, and no land use type has low economic efficiency.