The switch to corn would also benefit farmers. For Nhi’s family and the other 9.5 million households that make a living from growing rice, the labor-intensive job offers scant benefits. Rice farmers earn about 1 million VND ($50) per month, far less than coffee and pepper growers or those working in non-agricultural occupations. In the Mekong Delta, which produces 95 percent of rice for export, young people are increasingly away from the family paddy to more lucrative jobs in cities and industrial zones.