Download or read book Farming System Changes Among Ethnic Minorities in the Vietnamese Uplands written by Rikke Folving and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Land use Change in the Northwestern Uplands of Vietnam written by Manh-Cuong Pham and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Livelihoods in Upland Vietnam written by Elaine Morrison and published by IIED. This book was released on 1998 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Currency of Critters written by Peter Garber and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the rural rice fields of northern Vietnam's scenic Sa Pa District, Hmong and Yao ethnic minority farmers have been relationally entangled with a number of domesticated animal species to secure semi-subsistence upland livelihoods for generations. However, in recent years, the broad, contextual factors that shape farmers' livelihoods and animal entanglements have been changing rapidly, provoked primarily by the increasing presence and impacts of market integration pressures, government programs, and extreme weather events. While these factors increasingly pull ethnic minority farmers into regional, national, and international political and economic systems, farmers have also been carefully pushing back or reworking their engagement with outside forces on their own terms. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how Hmong and Yao ethnic minority farmers in Sa Pa District, northern Vietnam have changed the ways they use, value, and perceive domesticated animals, as well as to identify how changes to human-animal relationships have been impacting upland livelihoods since the early 1990s. I analyzed this aim through a conceptual framework drawing on three bodies of literature: sustainable rural livelihoods; commodity chain analysis; and entanglement. Framed by these conceptual literatures and debates, I followed a multi-sited ethnographic approach during summer 2019, conducting over 150 interviews with diverse participants across upland Lào Cai Province, most notably in Sa Pa District, as well as in Hanoi. As well as utilizing a range of interviewing approaches and participant observation, I also conducted participatory drawing exercises with Hmong and Yao participants living in Sa Pa District. I found that many Hmong and Yao participants have been altering their 'traditional' relationships to certain domesticated animals, especially water buffalo and upland black pigs, in response to these external factors, while other households have been forging new relationships to two non-native species, namely freshwater rainbow trout and sturgeon. Despite significant transformations to Hmong and Yao participants' livelihoods and human-animal relationships, I suggest that these changes more accurately reflect the ability of Hmong and Yao households to negotiate, adapt to, or even resist rapidly emerging challenges and contexts, rather than becoming subjugated by the government or assimilated fully into the market economy"--
Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Download or read book Living with Environmental Change written by W. Neil Adger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia face diverse challenges created by the rapid evolution of their social, economic and environmental systems and resources. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.
Download or read book Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas written by Holger L. Fröhlich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Farming with Fire and Water written by Đức Viên Trà̂n and published by Horwood Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the first detailed description of 'composite swiddening, ' a traditional Southeast Asian upland agricultural system that combines shifting cultivation fields on the hillsides with irrigated paddy fields in the valleys. The book is a product of research over a 15-year period by natural and social scientists in Vietnam's Tat Hamlet, a Da Bac Tay ethnic minority community, and it challenges the conventional belief that shifting cultivation inevitably causes deforestation. It describes this complex agroecosystem in terms of its multiple individual components, structure, functioning, and sustainability; social and economic dimensions; adaptation to on-going demographic, economic, environmental, and policy changes; and wider use elsewhere in Vietnam's northern mountains. It will be of interest to Southeast Asian area studies specialists, agricultural ecologists, ethnologists, and upland development policymakers
Download or read book Upland Transformations in Vietnam written by Thomas Sikor and published by National University of Singapore Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originated from a workshop on "Montane choices and outcomes, contemporary transformations of Vietnam's uplands", held in Hanoi in January 2007.
Download or read book Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia Volume 2 written by Ganesh Shivakoti and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical areas in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region. Upland Natural Resources and Social Ecological Systems in Northern Vietnam, Volume 2, provides chapters on natural resource management in northern Vietnam tied together by the concept that participatory local involvement is needed in all aspects of natural resource management. The volume examines planning for climate change, managing forestland, alleviating food shortages, living with biodiversity, and assessing the development projects and policies being implemented. Without the involvement of local communities, households, and ultimately individual people, the needed action will not be effectively taken. Upland Natural Resources and Social Ecological Systems in Northern Vietnam, Volume 2, goes beyond just Northern Vietnam to address the issue of transboundary natural resource management—an issue that Vietnam is dealing with in its relations with northern neighbor, China, and western neighbor, Laos—as well as the transboundary water governance between Pakistan and India in south Asia, with the hope that some of the lessons learned may one day be useful in the case of Vietnam and its neighbors. Provides a multi-disciplinary case study into a complex environmental situation involving government institutions, planning, and practices, using northern Vietnam as the focus Covers the issues of natural resource management and biodiversity in depth using international case studies Provides examples of measuring the potential climate change impacts on food security in agricultural regions Examines topics such as planning for climate change, managing forestland, alleviating food shortages, living with biodiversity, and assessing development projects and policies
Download or read book Land System Resilience written by Kate Trincsi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, state policies governing land use, market integration, and poverty reduction largely determine the prospects for social-ecological resilience. In turn, land system change in the northern uplands has largely been shaped by market liberalization and the integration of ethnic minority farmers into state development practices and ideologies. Hybrid crops and plantation forestry are increasingly being adopted with important implications for local livelihoods and ecosystems, although the long-term outcomes of such land changes remain poorly understood. The aim of this thesis is to explore the relationships between state policy, land use change, and social-ecological resilience from 1999 to 2014 in Lào Cai Province, Vietnam. To do so, I draw on a conceptual framework integrating social-ecological systems, resilience, land system change, and sustainable livelihoods. Taking a mixed methods approach, I developed 15m resolution object-oriented land cover classifications, which I analyzed for change in landscape structure and function from 1999 to 2014. I also completed qualitative fieldwork including 75 semi-structured and informal interviews with government officials and Hmong, Yao, and Tày farmers. I find that there has been an important increase in plantation forestry, cash crops, and urban areas. Concurrently, total area under agricultural cultivation and secondary vegetation have declined, pointing to a land system regime shift. Farmers described an increase in opportunities to gain financial capital, yet also noted a severe degradation of natural capital. Furthermore, there has been a loss of socio-ecological resilience due to increasing incidents of extreme weather events, market price fluctuations, and pest outbreaks. Long-term resilience planning is largely absent at the household or state level, with households having to respond to ongoing disturbances mostly through short-term adaptation mechanisms such as changing crop varieties, applying increasing amounts of chemical fertilizers, and pursuing off-farm income opportunities. I conclude with context-relevant policy recommendations to increase diversity and the self-organizing capacity of the social-ecological system. " --
Download or read book Human Ecology of Climate Change Hazards in Vietnam written by An Thinh Nguyen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes climate change associated effects in the mountainous and coastal environments of Vietnam. The scope of the book allows international comparisons to be made between these two affected areas and other similarly affected locations under constant environmental pressure. Frequent and intense climate change hazards are described, along with a wider context of integrated interpretations, socioeconomic implications and policy responses. The book reports on original research combining methodologies from the natural sciences with approaches in human sciences, providing an interdisciplinary human ecological context to analyze similar situations worldwide. The book is structured in four parts. The first part offers background information, and details the human ecological framework. The geography of the analyzed regions is discussed to reflect the environmental and socioeconomic context of Vietnam's coasts and mountains. The second part addresses the coast of Central Vietnam. The effects of tropical storms, floods, rising sea levels and coastal erosion in Ky Anh are studied to highlight the impacts on the local population and its development perspectives. The third part focuses on the uplands of Northern Vietnam. The effects of cyclones, heavy rains, floods, flash floods, and landslides in the Van Chan Mountains are studied to compare the biophysical and socioeconomic impacts. Part four makes policy recommendations in building resilient landscapes and green cities, and discusses the potential implications of findings for practice in Vietnam. The book addresses a wide array of researchers, geography and economics students, consultants and decision makers interested in the actual status and the likely developments on the physical, socioeconomic and mitigation and adaptation attitudes and policies of climate change associated effects.
Download or read book Cao Lan Culture and Biodiversity in Historical Context written by Kathleen Gillogly and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forest Property in the Vietnamese Uplands written by Phuc Xuan To and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany, EU. ZEF's research aims at finding solutions to global development issues. A 10 years strategy plan outlines land- and water use, biodiversity, public health and renewable energies as priority transdisciplinary research areas.
Download or read book The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam An institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions written by Clement, Floriane, Amezaga, Jaime M., Orange, Didier, Toan, Tran Duc and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report identifies the driving forces for reforestation in three villages of Northern Vietnam. Using an institutional analysis focused on the rules governing upland access and use, the authors assess the relative impact of state policies (reforestation programs and forestland allocation) on land use change. Findings show that the latter are indirectly responsible for reforestation, but not because of the incentives they provided. Instead, they disrupted the local rules governing annual crop cultivation and grazing activities leading to the end of annual cropping. Tree plantation was chosen by farmers as a last resort option. Lessons learned highlight the importance of local level studies and collective rules for land management.
Download or read book The Challenges of Highland Development in Vietnam written by A. Terry Rambo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In situ conservation of agricultural biodiversity on farm lessons learned and policy implications written by and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
