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Manivong, Vongpaphane; Cramb, Rob A.; Newby, Jonathan C.. |
Despite being a low‐income, agriculture‐based country with a subsistence‐orientation, Laos is in the early stages of a major economic transformation whereby rural households have been experiencing rapid change in their farming and livelihood systems. Some households have engaged in what the World Bank classifies as market‐oriented farming while other households have adopted labour‐oriented or migration‐oriented livelihood strategies. This paper explores how rural households in six villages in the lowlands of Champasak Province in southern Laos make a living. These villages vary in their access to irrigation and to markets. Nevertheless, in all villages, long‐term migration of younger household members to neighbouring Thailand has come to play a large role... |
Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Migration; Remittances; Rice intensification; Livelihood strategy; Rural poverty; Laos; Labor and Human Capital. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124337 |
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Manivong, Vongpaphane; Cramb, Rob A.. |
In response to demand from China, rubber smallholdings are being established by shifting cultivators in Northern Laos, encouraged by government land-use policy. We examine the economics of smallholder rubber production in an established rubbergrowing village and model the likely expansion of smallholder rubber in Northern Laos. Data were obtained from key informants, group interviews, direct observation, and a farm-household survey. Latex yields were estimated using the Bioeconomic Rubber Agroforestry Support System (BRASS). A financial model was developed to estimate the net present value for a representative rubber smallholding. This model was then combined with spatial data in a Geographical Information System (GIS) to predict the likely expansion of... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Smallholder rubber; Laos; Commercialisation; Bioeconomic modelling; Land-use change; Crop Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10380 |
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