Contents

 

 

 

Title page

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

i-iv

 

Preface

 

v-vi

1

Alternative approaches to enhancing small-scale livelihoods and natural resources management in marginal areas in monsoon Asia: A synthesis (Paper)

K. G. Saxena and Luohui Liang

 

1-13

Part I

 Keynote Presentations

 

 

2

Prospects of agricultural biotechnology for marginal areas (Paper)

A H Zakri

 

17-24

3

Smallholder-developed "hybrid systems" as an underutilized resource: The PLEC experience (PowerPoint Presentation)

Miguel Pinedo Vasquez

 

 

Part II

Agrodiversity Management

 

 

4

Agrodiversity:  Lessons from the highlands of northern Thailand (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Kanok  Rerkasem and Benjavan Rerkasem

 

25-39

5

Dynamics of rainfed lowland rice varieties in northeast Thailand (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Shuichi Miyagawa

 

41-48

6

Changes in agricultural biodiversity: Implications for sustainable livelihood in the Himalaya (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

K. G. Saxena, R.K. Maikhuri  and  K.S. Rao

 

 

49-65

Part III

Farm Management and Livelihoods

 

 

7

Multiple cropping systems in uplands of central Japan (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Kazutoshi Hoshikawa

 

69-75

8

Options and limitations for enhancement of livelihoods in marginal upland areas in Java (Paper; Power Point Presentation)

Junko Goto

 

77-88

9

Potential and constraints for intensive land use with pond irrigation in northeast Thailand (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Masuo Ando

 

89-101

Part IV

Forest Resources Management 

 

 

10

Local response to a government land-allocation program: The role of NTFPs in marginal mountainous areas in Lao PDR (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Shinya Takeda

 

105-109

11

Management and utilization of forest resources in Korea (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Eui-Gyeong Kim and Dong-Jun Kim

 

111-120

12

The rehabilitation of mangroves in Southeast Asia (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Ryuichi Tabuchi

 

121-128

Part V

Upscaling Farmers’ Technology

 

 

13

Experiences in supervising a farmer network for sustainable agricultural development in central Thailand (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Prateep Verapattananirund

 

131-138


14

Employment and income as influenced by adoption of orange cultivation by traditional upland farmers in Nepal (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Shigeki Yokoyama and Devendra Gauchan

 

139-149

15

New technologies for improving quality and efficiency of citrus fruit production in mountainous area of Japan (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Kunihisa Morinaga

 

151-159

16

Improving indigenous technologies for sustainable land use in northern mountainous areas of Vietnam (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Le Quoc Doanh and Ha Dinh Tuan

 

161-171

Part VI

Institutional Reform and Empowerment

 

 

17

Upland agriculture and forestry research for improving livelihoods in Lao PDR (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Bouahom Bounthong, John Raintree and Linkhan Douangsavanh

 

175-192

18

Community participation in resource management and well being of people in Nepal (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Keshav Lall Maharjan

 

193-207

19

Enhancing off-farm employment and migration participation: An   alternative approach to enhancing small-scale livelihoods and NRM in poor areas of China (Paper; PowerPoint Presentation)

Linxiu Zhang

 

209-219


20

Farmer field school, farmer life school and farmers club for enriching knowledge and empowering farmers: A case study from Cambodia (Paper)

Yunita T. Winarto

 

221-231

 

Annexes

 

 

 

Programme

 

235-239

 

List of Participants

 

241-248