Despite the rapid agricultural transition that has occurred in the past decade, shifting cultivation remains a widespread agricultural practice in the northern uplands of Lao PDR. Little information is available on the basic socio-economic situation and respective possible patterns in shifting cultivation landscapes on a regional level. On the basis of a recent approximation of the extent of shifting cultivation landscapes for two time periods and disaggregated village level census data, this paper characterizes these landscapes in terms of key socioeconomic parameters for the whole of northern Laos. Results showed that over 550,000 people live in shifting cultivation regions. The poverty rate of this population of 46.5 % is considerably hi...
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural...
Although the average poverty level in Lao PDR has declined substantially since the beginning of econ...
The incidence of poverty and food insecurity is high in the uplands of the Lao PDR, with many farmer...
Despite the rapid agricultural transition that has occurred in the past decade, shifting cultivation...
Rural areas in Laos are experiencing a rapid transformation from traditional rice-based shifting cul...
This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a shifting cultiv...
Landscapes in the mountainous north of Lao People's Democratic Republic (hereafter Lao PDR or Laos)...
Shifting cultivation is often described as “traditional”, inflexible and outdated, in contrast with ...
Farmers in northern Laos are experiencing rapid transformation from subsistence agriucltural product...
Shifting cultivation is the most common agricultural practice among farmers in the northern uplands ...
For many years, farmers in remote upland areas of northern Laos just produced rice for self consumpt...
This study investigates the effects of improved market accessibility on agricultural land use and ba...
Rotational shifting cultivation in the mountainous land of Northern Laos is responding to population...
The cultural and economic importance of paddy rice production for households in the lowlands of Lao ...
Smallholder teak (Tectona grandis) plantations have become increasingly prominent in the landscape o...
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural...
Although the average poverty level in Lao PDR has declined substantially since the beginning of econ...
The incidence of poverty and food insecurity is high in the uplands of the Lao PDR, with many farmer...
Despite the rapid agricultural transition that has occurred in the past decade, shifting cultivation...
Rural areas in Laos are experiencing a rapid transformation from traditional rice-based shifting cul...
This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a shifting cultiv...
Landscapes in the mountainous north of Lao People's Democratic Republic (hereafter Lao PDR or Laos)...
Shifting cultivation is often described as “traditional”, inflexible and outdated, in contrast with ...
Farmers in northern Laos are experiencing rapid transformation from subsistence agriucltural product...
Shifting cultivation is the most common agricultural practice among farmers in the northern uplands ...
For many years, farmers in remote upland areas of northern Laos just produced rice for self consumpt...
This study investigates the effects of improved market accessibility on agricultural land use and ba...
Rotational shifting cultivation in the mountainous land of Northern Laos is responding to population...
The cultural and economic importance of paddy rice production for households in the lowlands of Lao ...
Smallholder teak (Tectona grandis) plantations have become increasingly prominent in the landscape o...
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural...
Although the average poverty level in Lao PDR has declined substantially since the beginning of econ...
The incidence of poverty and food insecurity is high in the uplands of the Lao PDR, with many farmer...