Shifting Agricultural Structure in 2008-2013 Period and Land Use Efficiency in 2013 in Tien Lang District, Hai Phong City

Tien Lang is located in the south Hai Phong city and situated in the southern coastal area It is a purely agricultural district with 68.92% of land grown with rice. During the last years the rice growing area decreased significantly. The government authority and communities gave priority to shifting agricultural structure to adapt to climate change. An interview was carried out on 300 representative households in the district representing different types of land use. The study revealed that crops and livestock of higher economic efficiency (pipe tobacco, potato, onion, tomato, melon, pepper and aquaculture) are well adapted to climatic change. Although the area under these crops is of low proportion (23.31%) in the cropping structure but it has become concentrated. These plants and aquaculture have high potential and prospects for high added value and production value could reach from VND 150 to 1,296 million/ha. In future, the district needs tight control of rice land changes, giving priority to expanding the area of economic crops such as rice cv. M6, potato, pipe tobacco and aquaculture to enhance the economic efficiency in response to climate changes.