The Perception of Students at Hanoi University of Agriculture about the Impact of Climate Change on the Development of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Life of People in Rural Areas of Vietnam

Climate change have been causing serious consequences for all the countries in the world, affecting all aspects of social and economic life, especially in the field of agriculture, forestry, fishery and people in rural areas. The perception about climate change (CC) and the impact of climate change is an important basis to point out appropriate solutions. The study used close-open structure (semistructered) questionnaires to investigate the state of the perceptions of 768 students at Hanoi University of Agriculture on the general concepts of climate change, causes and manifestations of climate change, impact of climate change on agriculture, forestry, fishery and life of people in rural areas of Vietnam. The analysis shows that the perception of the students at the university about climate change is at the average level. The students have quite good perception about the impact of climate change on agriculture, forestry, fishery and the impact of climate change on life of people in rural areas of Vietnam. Of those students, the senior students generally have better perception than those of junior, sophomore and freshman year students; the students of Department of Natural Resources and Environment have higher perception than the students of other departments. Some solutions which should be taken to enhance the perception of students are: providing special issues on climate change; conducting research on climate change, educating students on climate change; practicing specialized issues on climate change; organizing clubs / students’ network action to cope with climate change; opening competitions on climate change; training life skills, cooperative attitudes to dealing with climate change.