Urban resilience from agriculture: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

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Thi, Q.V. and Juntti, M. 2024. Urban resilience from agriculture: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. in: Cripps, K. and Thondre, P.S. (ed.) Higher Education and SDG2: Zero Hunger Emerald Publishing Limited. pp. 19-41
Chapter titleUrban resilience from agriculture: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam
AuthorsThi, Q.V. and Juntti, M.
Abstract

This chapter focuses on the potential of urban agriculture to
support progress in SDG targets 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4 in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The chapter integrates findings from the British Council-funded project, ‘Urban Resilience from Agriculture through Highly Automated Vertical Farming in the UK and Vietnam’, undertaken in collaboration with Middlesex University, Van Lang University, and local agricultural stakeholders in HCMC. Food security in the city faces multiple challenges ranging from significant in-migration, decreasing area of cultivated land, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that continues to depress the economy and disrupt food supply chains, and climate change impacts affecting the environment and people throughout the city. HCMC accommodates a substantial agricultural sector, which is evolving from traditional to modern production practices. City’s leaders established numerous policies that emphasise green, circular economies, climate change resilience, and low carbon emissions fuelling demand for agricultural solutions that integrate traditional and modern technologies that can be embedded in the local topography, soil types, architectural space, and native culture. Findings from greenhouse trials, community awareness surveys, and stakeholder-led workshops point to a range of high-technology-supported agriculture models that, if applied flexibly throughout the varying context of the urban area, have good scope to help Ho Chi Minh City and meet its growing need for food as well as its sustainability aspirations.

KeywordsVietnam; Ho Chi Minh City; Urban agriculture; Vertical farming; High-technology production system; Urbanisation; Urban food security
Sustainable Development Goals2 Zero hunger
Middlesex University ThemeSustainability
Page range19-41
Book titleHigher Education and SDG2: Zero Hunger
EditorsCripps, K. and Thondre, P.S.
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited
SeriesHigher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals
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Paperback9781836084617
Electronic9781836084587
Electronic9781836084600
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Print30 Oct 2024
Online30 Oct 2024
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Deposited14 Aug 2024
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