journal article Nov 16, 2020

Assessing the important factors of sustainable agriculture development: An Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles‐Analytic Hierarchy Process study in the northern region of Vietnam

Sustainable Development Vol. 29 No. 2 pp. 327-338 · Wiley
Abstract
AbstractCombining the systemic indicators of sustainable agriculture provided by the Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles (IDEA) framework and the pairwise comparison method provided by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique, this study examined 644 farmers in the Northern region of Vietnam (using Bac Giang province as a case study) to identify and rank those important factors according to their contributions to the farmer's practices. We found that the Economic dimension is the most important factor that contributes 54% toward the overall Sustainable Agriculture, followed by the Socio‐territorial dimension (29%) and then the Agroecology dimension (17%). We further argue that while it is reasonable for farmers to focus on the sustainable economic performance aspect of their farms, there is a need for the local authorities to be involved to maintain a balanced sustainable agriculture development in the region.
Topics

No keywords indexed for this article. Browse by subject →

References
54
[6]
Costello A. B. "Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis" Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation (2005)
[11]
GSO (2018)
[12]
GSO (2019)
[26]
Mayer‐Spohn O.(2004).Sustainable development indicators within the German water industry—A case study. Retrieved from Göteborg
[32]
Pinstrup‐Andersen P. (1994)
[34]
Rahman M. M. "Socioeconomic features of a traditional fishing community beside the old Brahmaputra River, Mymensingh, Bangladesh" Asian Fisheries Science (2002) 10.33997/j.afs.2002.15.4.009
[36]
Roser M. (2013).Employment in agriculture. Retrieved fromhttps://ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture
[39]
Shiferaw B. (2005)
[40]
Streimikis J. "Agricultural sustainability assessment framework integrating sustainable development goals and interlinked priorities of environmental, climate and agriculture policies" Sustainable Development
[44]
QuynhTrang. (2019).Bac Giang builds a model of organic agriculture. Retrieved fromhttps://en.bacgiang.gov.vn/detailed-news/-/asset_publisher/MVQI5B2YMPsk/content/bac-giang-builds-a-model-of-organic-agriculture
[47]
United Nations (2018)
[48]
VCCI, & USAID (2018)
[50]
Vietnam News Agency. (2020).Bac Giang developing hi‐tech agriculture to foster economic growth. Retrieved fromhttps://en.vietnamplus.vn/bac-giang-developing-hitech-agriculture-to-foster-economic-growth/174410.vnp

Showing 50 of 54 references

Cited By
19
Business Strategy and the Environme...
Sustainable Development
Metrics
19
Citations
54
References
Details
Published
Nov 16, 2020
Vol/Issue
29(2)
Pages
327-338
License
View
Cite This Article
Thanh Ngo, Huong Ho, Vo‐Kien Nguyen, et al. (2020). Assessing the important factors of sustainable agriculture development: An Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles‐Analytic Hierarchy Process study in the northern region of Vietnam. Sustainable Development, 29(2), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2148