Author: Asia Pacific Farmers

I am Pham Tan Phu, born in 1987, a farmer from Khanh Cuong, Yen Khanh, Ninh Binh, Vietnam. In the past, people in my hometown, including myself, used to use chemical fertilizers and herbicides for rice production. Rice straw was mainly burned after harvest season. As a result, the land became barren. The beneficial animals […]
My name is Ninh Văn Thiều, born in 1986. I have an integrated farm in Doai Khe village, Yen Son commune, Tam Diep city, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam where I raise pigs, fish, and shrimps and grow fruit trees. In 2016, my family applied for land concentration and conversion, and when it was granted, we […]
I am Nguyễn Thị Bích Nguyệt, 35 years old, from Khanh Trung commune, Yen Khanh district, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. Over the past years, climate change has had a strong impact on agriculture. Climate change does not follow natural laws, leading to pests and diseases, land degradation, reduced yield and quality of rice and other […]