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Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Improving Livelihoods in the Uplands of the Lao PDR.: Options and opportunities written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 284 pages
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Download or read book Improving Livelihoods in the Uplands of the Lao PDR.: Initiatives and approaches written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elaine Morrison
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 9781899825219
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Livelihoods in Upland Vietnam written by Elaine Morrison and published by IIED. This book was released on 1998 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm Cairns
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1786391791
Total Pages : 1117 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Shifting Cultivation Policies written by Malcolm Cairns and published by CABI. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 1117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland areas of water. These misconceptions and their policy implications need to be challenged. Swidden farming could support carbon sequestration and conservation of land, biodiversity and cultural heritage. This comprehensive analysis of past and present policy highlights successes and failures and emphasizes the importance of getting it right for the future. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources. The addendum chapters can be found at: www.cabi.org/openresources/91797
Author : Satoshi Yokoyama
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431549560
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Integrated Studies of Social and Natural Environmental Transition in Laos written by Satoshi Yokoyama and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines social and natural environmental changes in present-day Laos and presents a new research framework for environmental studies from an interdisciplinary point of view. In Laos, after the Lao version of perestroika, Chintanakaan Mai, in 1986, for better or worse, rural development and urbanization have progressed, and people’s livelihoods are about to change significantly. Compared to those of the neighboring countries of mainland Southeast Asia, however, many traditional livelihoods such as region-specific/ethnic-specific livelihood complexes, which combined traditional rice farming with a variety of subsistence activities, have been carried over into the present in Laos. The biggest challenge this book presents is to elucidate livelihood strategies of people who cope successfully with both social and environmental changes and to illustrate how to maintain this rich social and natural environment of Laos in the future. The book includes chapters on social, cultural, and natural concerns and on ethnicity, urbanization, and regional development in Laos. All chapters are based on original data from field surveys. These data will greatly contribute not only to local studies in Laos but also to environmental studies in developing countries.
Author : Bounthong Bouahom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Poverty Reduction and Shifting Cultivation Stabilisation in the Uplands of Lao PDR written by Bounthong Bouahom and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F.P. O'Mara
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9086865526
Total Pages : 975 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)
Download or read book XX International Grassland Conference: Offered papers written by F.P. O'Mara and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contains a compilation of offered papers presented at the main congress of the XX International Grassland Congress held in University College Dublin, Ireland from 26 June to 1 July, 2005. It is complemented by six other books arising from the XX IGC as listed on the back cover: the book of invited papers from the main congress and five books containing the proceedings of five satellite workshops held immediately after the main congress at locations in the UK and Ireland (Aberystwyth, Belfast, Cork, Glasgow and Oxford). The workshops were designed to facilitate more in-depth presentations and discussions on more specialised topics of worldwide significance. The main congress brought together scientists from many disciplines, policy makers, consultants and producers involved directly in grass production and utilisation, as well as people in associated industries. They discussed issues around the theme of the congress, Grasslands : a Global Resource. The congress programme was organised around three main thematic areas: Efficient Production from Grassland Grassland and the Environment Delivering the Benefits from Grassland"
Author : James Windle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772956X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Suppressing Illicit Opium Production written by James Windle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional analysis of the illicit opium market suggests that source country interventions have at best achieved minimal results. Yet there are countries that have eliminated, or significantly reduced, the illicit production of opium from their territory. Drawing on a wide range of academic, official and non-governmental sources, including previously unidentified records, James Windle provides detailed narratives of countries that have achieved national success, including China, Iran, Turkey, the People s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam and Laos, and identifies key factors necessary for successful intervention. Suppressing Illicit Opium Production makes a valuable contribution to our scarce knowledge of source country drug policy and draws out important lessons to be learned for improving the effectiveness of future interventions. It will be essential reference for all practitioners, policy makers and academics concerned with a subject of significant contemporary relevance."
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Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Proposed Loan and Asian Development Fund Grant, Lao People's Democratic Republic written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paavo Eliste
Publisher : Fao
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Lao People's Democratic Republic written by Paavo Eliste and published by Fao. This book was released on 2012 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The results of this study confirm the continuing structural transformation of the Lao rice sector which started a decade ago. To some extent, the sector transformations being led by inter related factors not strictly related to government rice sector policies, including: (i) continued GDP growth led by mineral and hydropower exports; (ii) increasing job opportunities in the non-tradable, non-agricultural sector, and in neighboring countries, associated with increasing incomes; (iii) increasing shortages of farm labour and an ageing farm population; (iv) increasing urbanization and related changes in food consumption patterns; and (v) stabilization of aggregate national rice consumption as a result of a declining population growth rate and gradual diversification of diets away from rice as a source of calories. Furthermore, emergence of new private sector driven export crops. The current situation, which decouples rice sector-related government policies between farm and post-farm, each governed by different sector line ministries, may no longer be efficient. The growth in the number of commercially-oriented rice farmers as shown by the 2010 agriculture census data means that investments in further productivity improvements need to be well articulated with measures to sustain a sound market environment and this has trade policy implications."--Publisher's description.
Author : Clement, C.
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
ISBN 13 : 9290908815
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Community-managed groundwater irrigation on the Vientiane Plain of Lao PDR written by Clement, C. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald L. Grebner
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123869021
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources written by Donald L. Grebner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for undergraduate introductory courses and include numerous examples (mainly graphical) and questions for students to ponder. Unlike other introductory forestry texts, which focus largely on forest ecology rather than practical forestry concepts, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources encompasses economic, ecological, and social aspects providing a uniquely balanced text. The wide range of experience of the contributing authors equips them especially well to identify missing content from other texts in the area and address topics currently covered in corresponding college courses. - 300 original illustrations including line art, graphs, tables and maps - Syllabus-planning assistance for adopting professors so that they can add the content to their course materials via the companion website's question-and-answer material for each chapter - Contributors are experienced textbook authors with diverse professional backgrounds in forestry
Author : Rob Cramb
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811509980
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)
Download or read book White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin written by Rob Cramb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their food security and well-being. In the past four decades, rice has also become a commercial crop of great importance to Mekong farmers, augmenting but not replacing its role in securing their subsistence. This book is based on collaborative research to (a) compare the current situation and trajectories of rice farmers within and between different regions of the Lower Mekong, (b) explore the value chains linking rice farmers with new technologies and input and output markets within and across national borders, and (c) understand the changing role of government policies in facilitating the on-going evolution of commercial rice farming. An introductory section places the research in geographical and historical context. Four major sections deal in turn with studies of rice farming, value chains, and policies in Northeast Thailand, Central Laos, Southeastern Cambodia, and the Mekong Delta. The final section examines the implications for rice policy in the region as a whole.
Author : Ole Bruun
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642358047
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)
Download or read book On the Frontiers of Climate and Environmental Change written by Ole Bruun and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance, unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that, depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather. Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental management with any climate-change adaptation effort.
Author : Valentin, Christian
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290905336
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book From soil research to land and water management: harmonizing people and nature. Proceedings of the IWMI-ADB Project Annual Meeting and 7th MSEC Assembly. written by Valentin, Christian and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil conservation / Reservoirs / Sedimentation / Environmental effects / Land use / Hydrology / Catchment areas / Rainfall-runoff relationships / Rain / Research projects / Agricultural research / Social participation / Development projects / Erosion / Watershed management / Water resource management / Soil management
Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251046272
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author : Per Ronnås
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 9788787062985
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Institutions, Livelihoods and the Environment written by Per Ronnås and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the recent economic crisis, mainland Southeast Asia continues to experience increasing economic integration of previously isolated rural hinterlands, especially in the upland areas of Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Yunnan in China, where demographic pressures together with the development of infrastructure and increased market-orientation of production combine to bring about significant economic and social change in rural areas. These changes have also led to significant environmental degradation such as deforestation, disturbance of water flows, and depletion of biodiversity resources. These and other related issues are addressed in this volume.
