AWARENESS OF HOUSEHOLD ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS ON TEA CULTIVATION: A CASE STUDY IN TAN CUONG TEA AREA, THAI NGUYEN CITY

Abstract

The objective of this study were to find out the awareness of households in Tan Cuong tea area on climate change and its effectiveness on tea cultivation, quality and production. There were 360 households in three communes (Phuc Xuan, Phuc Triu and Tan Cuong commune) which were surveyed. The result shown that the households received information on climate change mostly from TV and Radio. Although the knowledge of household on climate change were really limmited, they still awared of unusual of weather and they known that the effectiveness of climate change have been rapidly turned over. As a result, these have been leading to the nagative effect on tea cultivation, quality and production .