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Agrosilvopastoral systems in northern Thailand and northern Laos: Minority peoples’ knowledge versus government policy

បោះពុម្ពផ្សាយដោយ៖ Open Development Mekong

Traditional agrosilvopastoral systems have been an important component of the farming systems and livelihoods of thousands of ethnic minority people in the uplands of mainland southeast Asia. Drawing on a combination of qualitative and participatory inquiries in nine ethnic minority communities, this study emphasizes the complex articulation of local farmers’ knowledge which has been so far excluded from governmental development and conservation policies in the northern uplands of Thailand and Laos. Results show that ethnic minorities in the two countries perceive large ruminants to be a highly positive component of local forest agro-ecosystems due to their contribution to nutrient cycling, forest fire control, water retention, and leaf-litter dispersal. The knowledge and perceptions of agrosilvopastoral farmers are then contrasted with the remarkably different forestry policy frameworks of the two countries. We find that the knowledge and diversity of practices exercised by ethnic minority groups contrasts with the current simplified and negative image that government officials tend to construct of agrosilvopastoral systems.

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Email: a.neef@auckland.ac.nz; Tel.: +64-9-9233486.

អ្នកនិពន្ធ (ជាបុគ្គល) Neef,Andreas
សហអ្នកនិពន្ធ (បុគ្គល) Preechapanya,Pornchai,Choocharoen,Chalathon,Hoffman, Volker
កាលបរិច្ឆេទបោះពុម្ព 2014
ការបង់លេខ 414-436
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