Small-Scale Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management in Marginal Areas of Monsoon Asia Book
Contents: Preface. I. Agrodiversity management: 1. Agrodiversity: lessons from the highlands of Northern Thailand/Kanok Rerkasem and Benjavan Rerkasem. 2. Dynamics of rainfed lowland rice varieties in North-East Thailand/Shuichi Miyagawa. 3. Changes in agricultural biodiversity: implications for sustainable livelihoods in the Himalaya/K.G. Saxena, K.S. Rao and R.K. Maikhuri. 4. Prospects of agricultural biotechnology for marginal areas/A.H. Zakri. II. Farm management and livelihoods: 5. Multiple cropping systems in uplands of Central Japan/Kazutoshi Hoshikawa. 6. Options for enhancement of livelihoods in marginal upland areas of Java/Junko Goto. 7. Potential and constraints for intensive land use with pond irrigation in North-East Thailand/Masuo Ando. III. Forest resource management: 8. Local response to government land allocation program: the role of NTFPs in marginal mountainous areas in Lao PDR/Shinya Takeda. 9. Management and utilization of forest resources in Korea/Eui-Gyeong Kim and Dong-Jun Kim. 10. Rehabilitation of mangroves in South-East Asia/Ryuichi Tabuchi. IV. Upscaling farmers' technology: 11. Experiences from supervising a farmer network for sustainable agricultural development in Central Thailand/Prateep Verapattananirund. 12. Employment and income as influenced by adoption of orange cultivation by traditional upland farmers in Nepal/Shigeki Yokoyama and Devendra Gauchan. 13. Technologies for improving quality and efficiency of citrus fruit production in a mountainous area of Japan/Kunihisa Morinaga. 14. Improving indigenous technologies for sustainable land use in northern mountainous areas of Vietnam/Le Quoc Doanh and Ha Dinh Tuan. V. Institutional reforms and empowerment: 15. Upland agriculture and forestry research for improving livelihoods in Lao PDR/Bouahom Bounthong, John Raintree and Linkhan Douangsavanh. 16. Community participation in forest resource management in Nepal/Keshav L. Maharjan. 17. Off-farm employment in relation to small-scale livelihoods and natural resource management in China/Linxiu Zhang. 18. Farmer field school, farmer life school and farmers club for enriching knowledge and empowering farmers: a case study from Cambodia/Yunita T. Winarto. VI. Synthesis: 19. Alternative approaches to enhancing small-scale livelihoods and natural resource management in marginal areas in monsoon Asia: a synthesis/K.G. Saxena, Luohui Liang, Yasuyuki Kono and Satoru Miyata. Subject Index.
"Marginal areas face a range of ecological, social and economic constraints, such as steep slope, low soil fertility, recurrent droughts/floods and, poor access to markets, public services and information. These constraints limit adoption of intensive agriculture technologies developed to suit the needs and circumstances in the mainstream areas. A large number of people live in marginal areas and many in extreme poverty. Improving livelihoods in marginal areas is a pressing need, but application of conventional development models may not be feasible. Designing and implementing innovative approaches, which enhance local livelihoods coupled with conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, is a challenge to scientists as well as development practitioners.
From October 29 to 30, 2003, an international symposium discussed and reviewed alternative approaches to enhancing small-scale livelihoods and natural resource management in marginal areas in monsoon Asia, this book is an outcome of the papers presented in the symposium.
This publication, it is hoped, will be helpful in gaining the basic information about the present state of natural resource management and livelihoods and in getting insights for further research and development needs in marginal monsoon region of Asia." (jacket)