Assessment of the efficiency of agricultural land use in the semi-arid area in Ninh Thuan province

Abstract

The agricultural land use in the semi-arid area has been defined as the semi-arid area of 99,089 ha, of which the agricultural land use type is 34,368 ha and the remaining area is forest land, nonagricultural land rivers, streams and unused land. Based on the results of the household survey (450 households), this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of agricultural land use on three factors: economic, social and environmental. Combining the effectiveness of the selected land use types, the land use types of fruit trees, maize-mungbean, and grass had a sustainable development status compared to other types of land use. Based on the assessment of agricultural land use efficiency, the proposal for agricultural land use and solutions to improving the efficiency of agricultural land use in the semi-arid region of Ninh Thuan province was as follows: 2,116 ha of one-crop rice to be converted to maize and mungbean cultivation; 698 ha of one-crop rice to be converted to one-crop rice and one-crop corn; increasing 337 ha for the growing of fruit trees (apples and grapes) and increasing the area of land used to grow grass for livestock.