Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas

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2. Introduction

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   2. From Challenges to Sustainable Solutions for Upland Agriculture in Southeast Asia

      • Pepijn Schreinemachers, Holger L. Fröhlich, Gerhard Clemens, Karl Stahr

      Pages 3-27Open Access

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3. Environmental and Social Challenges

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   2. Beyond the Horizons: Challenges and Prospects for Soil Science and Soil Care in Southeast Asia

      • Karl Stahr, Gerhard Clemens, Ulrich Schuler, Petra Erbe, Volker Haering, Nguyen Dinh Cong et al.

      Pages 31-107Open Access

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   3. Water and Matter Flows in Mountainous Watersheds of Southeast Asia: Processes and Implications for Management

      • Holger L. Fröhlich, Joachim Ingwersen, Petra Schmitter, Marc Lamers, Thomas Hilger, Iven Schad

      Pages 109-148Open Access

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   4. Agricultural Pesticide Use in Mountainous Areas of Thailand and Vietnam: Towards Reducing Exposure and Rationalizing Use

      • Marc Lamers, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Joachim Ingwersen, Walaya Sangchan, Christian Grovermann, Thomas Berger

      Pages 149-173Open Access

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   5. Linkages Between Agriculture, Poverty and Natural Resource Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia

      • Camille Saint-Macary, Alwin Keil, Thea Nielsen, Athena Birkenberg, Le Thi Ai Van, Dinh Thi Tuyet Van et al.

      Pages 175-212Open Access

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4. Technology-Based Innovation Processes

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   2. Mango and Longan Production in Northern Thailand: The Role of Water Saving Irrigation and Water Stress Monitoring

      • Wolfram Spreer, Katrin Schulze, Somchai Ongprasert, Winai Wiriya-Alongkorn, Joachim Müller

      Pages 215-228Open Access

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   3. Soil Conservation on Sloping Land: Technical Options and Adoption Constraints

      • Thomas Hilger, Alwin Keil, Melvin Lippe, Mattiga Panomtaranichagul, Camille Saint-Macary, Manfred Zeller et al.

      Pages 229-279Open Access

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   4. Improved Sustainable Aquaculture Systems for Small-Scale Farmers in Northern Vietnam

      • Johannes Pucher, Silke Steinbronn, Richard Mayrhofer, Iven Schad, Mansour El-Matbouli, Ulfert Focken

      Pages 281-317Open Access

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5. Policies and Institutional Innovations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Participatory Approaches to Research and Development in the Southeast Asian Uplands: Potential and Challenges

      • Andreas Neef, Benchaphun Ekasingh, Rupert Friederichsen, Nicolas Becu, Melvin Lippe, Chapika Sangkapitux et al.

      Pages 321-365Open Access

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   3. Integrated Modeling of Agricultural Systems in Mountainous Areas

      • Carsten Marohn, Georg Cadisch, Attachai Jintrawet, Chitnucha Buddhaboon, Vinai Sarawat, Sompong Nilpunt et al.

      Pages 367-432Open Access

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   4. Rethinking Knowledge Provision for the Marginalized: Rural Networks and Novel Extension Approaches in Vietnam

      • Iven Schad, Thai Thi Minh, Volker Hoffmann, Andreas Neef, Rupert Friederichsen, Regina Roessler

      Pages 433-461Open Access

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   5. Policies for Sustainable Development: The Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture

      • Manfred Zeller, Susanne Ufer, Dinh Thi Tuyet Van, Thea Nielsen, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Prasnee Tipraqsa et al.

      Pages 463-490Open Access

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This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of natural resources and the improvement of living conditions of the rural population in the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. Having three objectives the book first aims to give an interdisciplinary account of the drivers, consequences and challenges of ongoing changes in mountainous areas of Southeast Asia. Second, the book describes how innovation processes can contribute to addressing these challenges and third, how knowledge creation to support change in policies and institutions can assist in sustainably develop mountain areas and people’s livelihoods.

• Agricultural Development
• Land and Change
• Mountain Agriculture
• Mountain Land Use
• Southeast Asia
• Sustainability
• landscape/regional and urban planning

From the reviews:

 

“This book presents much useful and innovative work for researchers and policy-makers who specialize on physical-science or economic aspects of upland soil, water, and agriculture. … This book is undoubtedly an empirically rich analysis of various aspects of land use constraints and changes occurring in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia, and it updates the literature significantly.” (Tim Forsyth, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 34 (1), February, 2014)

• University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  Holger L. Fröhlich, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Karl Stahr, Gerhard Clemens

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