Effectiveness Evaluation of Agricultural Land and Proposing Land Use Type for Commodity Oriented at Lucngan District, Bac Giang Province

Luc Ngan isanimportant agricultural district of BacGiang province. The district has five main land use types, i.e.paddyrice, paddy rice – upland crops, vegetables– upland crops, fruit crops and forest. The key commodity crops arelychee, persimmon and Acacia. Ofthe current land-use types, lychee and acacia bring maximum economic efficiency in terms oftotal revenueperha per annum, mixed income,workday value and cost-benefit ratio. The land use typesof rice-rice and rice-upland cropsdo notbring not high economic efficiency but play a vital role inensuring food security. By 2020, 4,000-4,200 hectaresare projected forrice and rice and non-rice crops andabout 18,500 ha forlychee cultivation, of which12,000-15,000 hectaresdevoted to high quality lychee. Forestareawill be expandedto 33,000ha,mainly with Acaciafor timber and paper pulp.