Tài liệu Economic And Health Consequences Of Pesticide Use In Paddy Production In The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Paddy rice has long been the major food crop in Vietnam, covering around 65 percent of the cultivated
area. Most ecological regions manage to grow two to three croppings in a year. By far, the Mekong
Delta is the biggest cultivated region in Vietnam, accounting for more than 50 percent of paddy
produced in a year. Taking advantage of the changes in economic policy-orientation that took place in
the late 1980s, paddy production grew rapidly at an impressive rate of 5.1 percent between 1986 and
1995. The production growth in rice, the primary staple of the population, has been more than double
the population growth in 1995. This significant growth has helped to overcome the food crisis faced by
the country for more than two decades and generated rice surplus that enhanced export earnings.