Chính sách hỗ trợ tưới tiên tiến, tiết kiệm nước trên vùng đất chuyển đổi từ lúa sang các cây trồng có giá trị kinh tế cao ở vùng đồng bằng sông Cửu Long

Abstract

Vietnam is facing challenges related to water resource management, especially in the Mekong Delta region located in the lower Mekong region, which is subject to the upstream national water use, impacts of climate change, and sea level rise. Moreover, the region also faces internal challenges in the process of agricultural development related to the use of water resources. Many households have converted their rice growing area to fruit and vegetable crops to increase their income and improve their lives. They have applied advanced irrigation and/or water saving irrigation to improve production efficiency by increasing crop yields, improving quality and reducing water, energy, manure, and labor costs. It brings many socio-economic and environmental benefits to the region. Many countries have developed subsidy policy is that while it is designed to help increasing of advanced irrigation, water saving irrigation. Many countries around the world have subsidy policy implementation the development of advanced irrigation and/or water saving irrigation. Subsidy policy for development advanced irrigation and/or water saving irrigation in the locality should focus aspects on such as subsidy levels suitable to the local budget capacity, norm of systems, size of subsidy area for organizations and individuals, processes and procedures, and awareness raising.