Date Received: 03-06-2025 / Date Accepted: 03-01-2026 / Date Published: 28-03-2026
This study assesses the awareness and adaptive behavior of farm households toward climate change in agricultural production across three representative ecological regions: the Red River Delta (Nam Dinh), the Central Highlands (Dak Lak), and the Mekong River Delta (Soc Trang). Primary data were collected from 764 farm households through structured interviews and analyzed using descriptive and comparative statistics. The results show that most farmers were aware of common climate change signs such as rising temperatures (72.5%) and unseasonal rainfall (53.4%), but their understanding of long-term impacts like declining farmland remains very limited (4.5%). The proportion of households applying adaptive measures such as adjusting cropping seasons or changing crop and livestock varieties was still low (22%). However, more than 86% of those who applied these measures reported moderate to high economic benefits. The main barriers to adaptation included lack of technical knowledge (68.05%), limited investment capital (69.3%), and insufficient access to government support (56.4%). The study suggests enhancing technical training, improving access to climate information and small-scale financial assistance, and integrating climate adaptation criteria into rural development programs to narrow the gap between policy goals and actual practices at the household level
