Received: 09-06-2020 / Accepted: 14-07-2020
This study assessedthe economic efficiency of organic rice production of households in Phu Luong commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province. The authors used semi-structured questionnaires to survey 60 households producing organic rice and hold a focus group discussion to accumulate the data. The results showed that the organic rice farming area in the study site wasabout 0.5 ha/household and accountedfor nearly 50% of the total rice farming area of the households. Organic rice yield tendedto increase over past years but was still 9.3 quintals/ha lower than that of rice intensification. The total cost of organic rice production in the study site was 3,244,000 VND/ha/crop higher than that of intensive riceproduction. The cost of fertilizer and plant protection of organic rice production weresignificantly lower than those ofintensive riceproduction; while its labor cost was much higher than that ofintensive riceproduction, accounting for about 50% of the total cost of organic rice production. The revenue of organic rice production in the study site was 45,400,000 VND/ha/crop,being5,721,000 VND/ha/crop higher than that ofintensive riceproduction; However, the net profit of organic rice production in the study site was only 2,476,000 VND/ha/crop higher than that ofintensive riceproduction. Profit ratio of organic riceproductionwas quite low (0.53),only 0.03 VND higher than that ofintensive riceproduction.