Economic efficiency versus social equity: The productivity challenge for rice production in a ‘greying’ rural Vietnam

• Published in: World development Vol. 148; p. 105658
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Hoa-Thi-Minh, Do, Huong, Kompas, Tom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Aging; Agricultural economics; Agricultural production; Agricultural resources; Alternative employment; Amalgamation; Crop production; Decision making; Economic conditions; Economic development; Economic restructuring; Economics; Efficiency; Employment; Fairness; Farm income; Farmers; Farms; Farmworkers; Greying agriculture; Land use; Market economies; Meta-frontier; Policies; Population aging; Production; Productivity; R&D; Research & development; Rice; Rural areas; Rural population; Rural populations; Technical efficiency; Terms of trade; Vietnam; Vietnam; Productivity; O13; O12; Vietnam; Greying agriculture; Q12; Q15; Technical efficiency; Meta-frontier; Rice

•The goals of economic efficiency and social equity are conflicting features of Vietnam’s rice policies.•Rice profit has markedly fallen during Vietnam’s high economic growth period despite the country’s effort to reverse it.•The terms of trade in rice production during Vietnam’s transition have det...