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Cumulative Effects of Intensified Cropping Cycles: Triple Rice Cropping in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

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  • Tsukada,Kazunari
  • Arimoto,Yutaka
  • Kojin,Emi
  • Mano,Yukichi
  • Lan Nguyen,Kim

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Over-intensive agriculture can degrade soil quality and agricultural performance. To explore this possibility, we analyze how triple rice cropping correlates with input use, productivity, and profitability in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. We construct a new pooled cross-sectional dataset of representative rice farmers from 2006 to 2012, using a satellite imagery panel of commune-level rice cropping patterns from 2001 to 2012. Our empirical analysis controls for district and province-year fixed effects and finds that triple cropping continued for 4 years or more is correlated with increased chemical fertilizer costs. However, we do not find any negative effects on rice yield,

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  • Tsukada,Kazunari & Arimoto,Yutaka & Kojin,Emi & Mano,Yukichi & Lan Nguyen,Kim, 2023. "Cumulative Effects of Intensified Cropping Cycles: Triple Rice Cropping in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta," IDE Discussion Papers 899, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
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    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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