A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam.
Recent research and development efforts to achieve sustainable rice production in Vietnam have incorporated agroecological principles and practices. These efforts have come as a result of increasing pressure on food systems to achieve global food security. Growing food demand, rising population, cli...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2025-01-01
|
| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321029 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849314264468160512 |
|---|---|
| author | Sylvester Ogutu Jonathan Mockshell Thai Minh Roseline Remans |
| author_facet | Sylvester Ogutu Jonathan Mockshell Thai Minh Roseline Remans |
| author_sort | Sylvester Ogutu |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Recent research and development efforts to achieve sustainable rice production in Vietnam have incorporated agroecological principles and practices. These efforts have come as a result of increasing pressure on food systems to achieve global food security. Growing food demand, rising population, climate change, and natural resources degradation, make it necessary to transform the current production systems towards more sustainable models. Agroecology is being promoted as one of the pathways to transition toward sustainable food production, with broad adoption requiring incentives for farmers. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines, we conducted a scoping review of 120 articles to understand the incentives applied for promoting agroecological practices, whether and how the incentives promote the adoption of agroecological practices, and their relationship with economic, environmental, and social outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. Such in-depth reviews of the role of incentives in the agroecological transition are scarce. Results show that in about 60% of the articles, incentives led to adoption, outcomes (e.g., yield and income gains), or both, suggesting the importance and common use of incentives among rice farmers in Vietnam. Four types of incentives used were market, non-market, regulatory, and cross-compliance. These incentives directly or indirectly influenced outcomes through the adoption of agroecological practices. Market incentives (33%) were relatively more important for directly influencing outcomes, while non-market incentives (50%) were more important for indirectly influencing outcomes. Market, non-market, and regulatory incentives were more associated with the adoption of new agronomic practices, such as farm diversification, improved varieties, and organic agriculture than with other practices, while cross-compliance incentives were more highly associated with adoption of agroforestry. Generally, the incentives used were more associated with economic outcomes (56%), than with environmental (31%), and social (13%) outcomes. Overall, the results show that incentives influence outcomes differently, and a combination of different incentives is required to achieve holistic outcomes. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-bae027c8eee64d8994cc5a045a1fd0af |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1932-6203 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-01-01 |
| publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | PLoS ONE |
| spelling | doaj-art-bae027c8eee64d8994cc5a045a1fd0af2025-08-20T03:52:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01204e032102910.1371/journal.pone.0321029A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam.Sylvester OgutuJonathan MockshellThai MinhRoseline RemansRecent research and development efforts to achieve sustainable rice production in Vietnam have incorporated agroecological principles and practices. These efforts have come as a result of increasing pressure on food systems to achieve global food security. Growing food demand, rising population, climate change, and natural resources degradation, make it necessary to transform the current production systems towards more sustainable models. Agroecology is being promoted as one of the pathways to transition toward sustainable food production, with broad adoption requiring incentives for farmers. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines, we conducted a scoping review of 120 articles to understand the incentives applied for promoting agroecological practices, whether and how the incentives promote the adoption of agroecological practices, and their relationship with economic, environmental, and social outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. Such in-depth reviews of the role of incentives in the agroecological transition are scarce. Results show that in about 60% of the articles, incentives led to adoption, outcomes (e.g., yield and income gains), or both, suggesting the importance and common use of incentives among rice farmers in Vietnam. Four types of incentives used were market, non-market, regulatory, and cross-compliance. These incentives directly or indirectly influenced outcomes through the adoption of agroecological practices. Market incentives (33%) were relatively more important for directly influencing outcomes, while non-market incentives (50%) were more important for indirectly influencing outcomes. Market, non-market, and regulatory incentives were more associated with the adoption of new agronomic practices, such as farm diversification, improved varieties, and organic agriculture than with other practices, while cross-compliance incentives were more highly associated with adoption of agroforestry. Generally, the incentives used were more associated with economic outcomes (56%), than with environmental (31%), and social (13%) outcomes. Overall, the results show that incentives influence outcomes differently, and a combination of different incentives is required to achieve holistic outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321029 |
| spellingShingle | Sylvester Ogutu Jonathan Mockshell Thai Minh Roseline Remans A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. PLoS ONE |
| title | A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. |
| title_full | A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. |
| title_fullStr | A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. |
| title_short | A scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in Vietnam. |
| title_sort | scoping review of the incentives for promoting the adoption of agroecological practices and outcomes among rice farmers in vietnam |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321029 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sylvesterogutu ascopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT jonathanmockshell ascopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT thaiminh ascopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT roselineremans ascopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT sylvesterogutu scopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT jonathanmockshell scopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT thaiminh scopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam AT roselineremans scopingreviewoftheincentivesforpromotingtheadoptionofagroecologicalpracticesandoutcomesamongricefarmersinvietnam |