Agricultural production in urban areas has a direct role in providing fresh food sources, reducing transportation costs and loss rates during storage and transportation. This study was conducted with the following objectives: survey the current status of agricultural production in Thu Dau Mot city (Vietnam); identify factors affecting sustainable urban agriculture development, and evaluate the weight of each factor. Implementation methods include: secondary survey of information and documents; primary survey of households through 200 paper questionnaires; aggregate data using excel and apply multicriteria evaluation technique MCE to determine the weight of the factors. The research results have summarized the actual situation of urban agricultural production in the area. 4 factors have been identified at level 1 with weight (Weight) respectively: Technology and technique (0.48), Economy (0.24), Environment (0.16) and Society (0.13). At the same time, four limiting factors to sustainable urban agriculture development were found from 26 secondary factors. The global weights of these factors are respectively: Product sales (0.10); Product preservation and processing (0.09); Solid waste (0.08) and Health and spirit (0.04). Through identified limiting factors, the study proposes solutions on: technology and engineering, economy, society and environment. These findings have practical value in Thu Dau Mot urban development planning in particular and reference for other similar cities in Vietnam.
Tạp chí khoa học Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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