More and better resources are needed to help female farmers adapt to saltwater intrusion

 Key Messages 

• Saltwater intrusion has been increasing and impacts agricultural production and farmers’ lives in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 
• Farmers have been using different adaptive measures to adapt to saltwater intrusion. 
• Female farmers have more barriers in response to saltwater intrusion since they are often poor, vulnerable, and have fewer opportunities to access resources than males. 
• Many demographic, socioeconomic, and farming characteristics, institutional conditions, and salinity-related variables influenced female farmers’ choices of adaptive measures. 
• Female farmers are more responsive to changes in influential social and natural factors while male farmers lack the desire to change. 
• Extension services, educational opportunities, training on adaptation, social networks, and associations are required to help female farmers better adapt to saltwater intrusion.