Description: Das Projekt "D 3: Micro-economic and regional assessment of sustainability of mountain farming systems in Northern Thailand and Northern Vietnam" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre durchgeführt. High and increasing population pressure in the mountainous regions of northern Thailand and Vietnam has resulted in land use practices that induce heavy soil erosion and degradation of soil and water resources. These land use practices are part of a complex farming system where some long-established ethnic groups, like the Black Thai in Vietnam and the Karen in Thailand, combine irrigated rice fields i n the mountain valleys and adjoining terraces with various upland crops under rotational cultivation in the lower parts of the uplands. Other ethnic groups such as the Dao and Hmong in Vietnam and the Lahu, Akha and Hmong in Thailand, who more recently migrated to these areas, cultivate the higher altitudes in a diversified combination of swidden fallow systems and permanent tree crops. Different types of animal husbandry with varying intensity add to the complexity of the farming systems. Some households members may also be engaged in agricultural processing and in off-farm activities. Overlaying this typical structure are large variations according to agro-ecological conditions and economic and institutional settings. This subproject aims at characterising and modelling these farming systems with their interlinkages, representing typical ecological, ethnic, social and institutional / infrastructural situations. On this basis, it will evaluate the economics of labour use in crops and animal production, resource conservation measures and off-farm activities. This will be the basis for analysing in an interdisciplinary approach the competitiveness of fruit tree production (D1) with improved irrigation (B1) and introduced cover crops (C1) in Thailand and resource conservation measures tested in B3 and improved animal production activities (D2), both in Vietnam. Constraints and requirements for making improved agricultural practices economically viable will be identified. This will provide important feedback to these subprojects to possibly extend or modify research direction, particularly for the next phases of the research program. The subproject will have two components, one carrying out the work in the Northern Thailand project region, the other in Northern Vietnam. The villages and farm households to be selected will include in Thailand those, where the subprojects D1, B1 and C1 are located, and in Vietnam those where B3 and D2 are located. The Thailand component can build on previous research work in Northern Thailand carried out by various Thai researchers (funded under the DAAD-PhD and other programs); it will focus on updating and complementing the earlier work. The Vietnam component will focus on the Son La and Bac Kan provinces and in a similar way as in Thailand complement earlier and ongoing research carried out in the Son La province (see A. Luibrand, own research). The subproject intends to use an innovative approach to address the aggregation problem. (abridged text)
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Reis ? Getreide ? Obstbaum ? Feldfrucht ? Abraum ? Baum ? Bevölkerungswachstum ? Ökologie ? Skigebiet ? Tierhaltung ? Erosion ? Thailand ? Vietnam ? Bodendegradation ? Landwirtschaftliche Brache ? Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb ? Pflanzenbestand ? Tierproduktion ? Konservierung ? Ackerland ? Berg ? Bewässerung ? Dorf ? Flächennutzung ? Ressourcenökonomie ? Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ? Wirtschaftsstruktur ? Modellierung ? Landwirtschaft ? Arbeit ? Ressourcenschonung ? Ballungsraum ? Finanzierung ? Wasserressourcen ? Forschung ? Forschungsprogramm ? Tal ? Bevölkerung ? Gebiet ? Gebirge ? Landwirtschaftliche Fläche ? Nachhaltigkeit ? Änderung ? Maßnahme ? Bewirtschaftungssystem ? Population ? Muskelarbeit ? Ökologische Situation ? Überlebensfähigkeit ? Lohnarbeit ? Terrasse ? Vermehrung ?
Region: Baden-Württemberg
Bounding box: 9° .. 9° x 48.5° .. 48.5°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2000-01-01 - 2003-12-31
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