Sustainability of mountainous farming systems

Author(s):

Zeddies, J.; Schönleber, N.

Format:

Book

Publisher:

Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.

Series:

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Pages:

248

Language:

English

Abstract:

Various ethnic minority groups living in the mountainous regions of northern Thailand have been engaged in agriculture there for several decades. Over the last two decades, there has been a trend towards permanent settlements. Former opium growing farmers, such as the Hmong, have settled down permanently and have abandoned their traditional shifting cultivation system. Since the early 1980s, national programs have led to a crucial change in the area’s agricultural structure. Traditional opium cultivation, which constituted the main source of peasant income in the region, was substituted with intensive land use systems in the form of cash crop cultivation, such as vegetables, fruits and cut flowers. Animal husbandry plays a minor role in generating income (scFalvey, 2000). © 2007, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

ISBN:

18635520 (ISSN)

Identifier:

HmongStudies3909