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Three Reductions, Three Gains (3R3G) Technology in South Vietnam: Searching for Evidence of Economic Impact

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  • Huelgas, Zenaida M.
  • Templeton, Deborah J.
  • Castanar, Pamela

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The aim of the “Three Reductions, Three Gains” (3R3G) project is to reduce production costs, improve farmers’ health, and protect the environment in irrigated rice production in Vietnam through the reduced use of seeds, nitrogen fertilizer, and pesticides. It was developed by the International Rice Research Institute and introduced to farmers in South Vietnam by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in early 2000 through traditional extension work and mass media. Farm survey data provide evidence of adoption of 3R3G primarily in terms of lowering seed rates. The resultant changes in the farm production/cost structure and farmer profits are measured.

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  • Huelgas, Zenaida M. & Templeton, Deborah J. & Castanar, Pamela, 2008. "Three Reductions, Three Gains (3R3G) Technology in South Vietnam: Searching for Evidence of Economic Impact," 2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia 6014, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aare08:6014
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6014
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    1. Robin J. Lovell & Carol Shennan & Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, 2021. "Sustainable and conventional intensification: how gendered livelihoods influence farming practice adoption in the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(5), pages 7089-7116, May.
    2. Kibira, M & Affognon, H & Njehia, B & Muriithi, B & Mohamed, S & Ekesi, S, 2015. "Economic evaluation of integrated management of fruit fly in mango production in Embu County, Kenya," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 10(4), pages 1-11, December.

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    Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis;
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