Upscaling potential

To understand the upscaling potential, the suitability of the area for this NbS has been mapped. In this case, the suitability mapping has been carried out for 4 groups of typologies, which each have similar flooding requirements:

Prawn (Giant freshwater prawn)

0. • _{(i) winter-spring rice, (ii) Prawn (Giant freshwater prawn)}

   • ^{(i) upland crop, (ii) floating rice & Prawn (Giant freshwater prawn)}

   • ^{(i) winter-spring rice, (ii) summer-autumn rice, (iii) Prawn (Giant freshwater prawn)}

Fish stocking

0. • ^{(i) upland crop, (ii) floating rice & fish}

   • ^{(i) winter-spring rice, (ii) upland crop, (iii) fish}

   • ^{(i) winter-spring rice, (ii) summer-autumn rice, (iii) fish}

Lotus

• • ^{(i) winter-spring rice, (ii) lotus}

  • ^{(i) lotus (& fish)}

Forest

• • ^{(i) melaleuca timber plantations}

Flood-based agriculture has a large technical potential for upscaling in Vietnam and Cambodia. The figure below shows the suitable area in km² per major flood-based agriculture type.

In Vietnam, the potential lies in farming cycles that include inundation-tolerant cash crops like lotus and freshwater aquaculture, such as prawn (giant freshwater prawn) and fish stocks.

In Cambodia there is also a potential for farming cycles that include inundation-tolerant cash crops or freshwater aquaculture. While the Melaleuca Forest offers the most technical potential for upscaling, other flood-based agricultural practices are economically more viable. Consequently, the overall scalability potential of the Melaleuca Forest is considered moderate.