INTEGRATING FARMER’S EXPERIENCES USING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO ADAPT TO FLOODS IN SUITAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM (A CASE STUDY IN AN GIANG PROVINCE)

  • Pham Xuan Phu An Giang University, Ho Chi Minh City National University
Keywords: Climate change, local knowledge, flood, adaptation

Abstract

This research was carried out to explore the role of the appropriateness of farmer’s local knowledge and their adaptive capacity to floods in An Giang province. KAP (Knowledge-Attitude-Practice), PRA (KIP and focus group discussion) and household survey have been applied to collect data. The results showed that local people used several effective local knowledge’s for coping with floods. However, the valuable local knowledge has not been recorded yet, nor documented in written materials for sharing to young generation and communities; some indigenous practices are not suitable with the current requirement for flood adaptation strategies