Received: 11-02-2024 / Accepted: 12-04-2024
Sustainable rice production (SRP) is one of the solutions to help increase the value of rice, while contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the government's Net zero goal. Implementing and scaling-out SRP meeting standards are a challenge for the rice industry and localities. This study aimed to assess the current situation,barriers and influencing factors to propose solutions for developing the SRP in the Mekong Delta. The study surveyed 318 farming households implementing the SRP standard in 3 provinces An Giang, Dong Thap and Can Tho in 2022. Besides descriptive statistics, the study used binary regression to determine influencing factors and level of compliance with SRP standards. The results show that about 7.2% of farming households met the SRP standard. The education level of the household head, land area size and contract production exerted a positive influence on the probability of meeting the SRP standard. Proposed solutions to increase the proportion of farming households that meet SRP standards are to improve farmer capacity, increase the proportion of young people in production, and improve straw collection and stubble treatment, local service infrastructure, and contract farming according to the rice value chain approach.