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From science to application: field demonstrations to enhance sustainable rice production in the north of Vietnam—lessons from the LEGATO project

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Two major human-made problems in rice production systems in the north of Vietnam concern the low plant-available silicon content of soils and the low biodiversity. The results of the LEGATO project suggest a change to an environmentally friendly rice production system that will help to recover biodiversity. We propose here a framework for a demonstration and dissemination model that will be exemplary for the farmers once it has been successfully realized. We advocate local-option models in different districts to demonstrate to farmers. The methods should be adapted to local and ecoregional differences in climate and land-use tradition, and they explicitly take into account soil care, organic fertilizer, manual weeding, native nectar-rich plant bunds, manual pest snail collection, hymenopteran nesting aids, and biodiversity and yield monitoring.

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Acknowledgements

The work has been funded in the frame of the LEGATO project (Settele et al. 2015; http://www.legato-project.net/), which is part of the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) Framework Program Research for Sustainable Development (FONA, FKZ: 01LL0917A). The work has been also supported by the VAST04.06/16-17 project of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

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  1. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam

    Van Sinh Nguyen & Hung Manh Nguyen

  2. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120, Halle, Germany

    Anika Klotzbücher, Doris Vetterlein, Cornelia Sattler & Josef Settele

  3. Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, 06120, Halle, Germany

    Anika Klotzbücher, Thimo Klotzbücher & Reinhold Jahn

  4. Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany

    Janina Schneiker & Manfred Türke

  5. Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Oliver Fried & Erwin Bergmeier

  6. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Manfred Türke & Josef Settele

  7. Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Manfred Türke

  8. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, College, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

    Josef Settele

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Nguyen, V.S., Nguyen, H.M., Klotzbücher, A. et al. From science to application: field demonstrations to enhance sustainable rice production in the north of Vietnam—lessons from the LEGATO project. Paddy Water Environ 16, 353–358 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-018-0644-0

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