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An application of multilevel model for the analysis of factors influencing paddy field productivity in the Northern Vietnamese Mountains

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In the Northern Vietnamese Mountains, paddy fields are the main source of foods and an important indicator to define wealth in ethnic communities. This paper deals with an application of multilevel model to predict spatial patterns of paddy field productivity according to hierarchical levels such as individual fields, individual households and individual villages. The data on land use and rice productivity gathered in Sa Pa district (Lao Cai province) is used as a calibration and validation dataset. Totally, 60 households owning 136 paddy plots in four villages were interviewed. The results show that in Sa Pa, productivity of paddy fields results from human–environment interactions at different organizational levels of field, household and village. The variables collected at field and household levels play more important role in the effective use of paddy fields than the variables at village level, as they account for resp. 81.2%, 18.7% and 0.1% of the variance in productivity.

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This research is funded by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED). We are thankful to prof. Yuzuru ISODA, prof. Doo-chul KIM for sharing their expertise on household surveys in Northern Vietnam. We also thank village leaders and local people in Sa Pa district for facilitating the interviews and the collection of field data.

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  1. Faculty of Geography, VNU-University of Sciences, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Huong Thi Thu Hoang

  2. Division of Geography, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, Bus 2409, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Anton Van Rompaey

  3. VNU-Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Kim Chi Vu

  4. Faculty of Development Economics, VNU-University of Economics and Business, Hanoi, Vietnam

    An Thinh Nguyen

  5. Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place L. Pasteur 3, Bte L4.03.08, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Veerle Vanacker

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Hoang, H.T.T., Van Rompaey, A., Vu, K.C. et al. An application of multilevel model for the analysis of factors influencing paddy field productivity in the Northern Vietnamese Mountains. Paddy Water Environ 18, 153–166 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-019-00771-w

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