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Linkages Between Agriculture, Poverty and Natural Resource Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia

Le Thi, Ai Van; Birkenberg, Athena; Nielsen, Thea; Keil, Alwin; Saint-Macary, Camille (2013), Linkages Between Agriculture, Poverty and Natural Resource Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia, in Fröhlich, Holger L.; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Stahr, Karl; Clemens, Gerhard, Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas, Springer-Verlag : Berlin, p. 175-212

Type
Chapitre d'ouvrage
External document link
10.1007/978-3-642-33377-4_5
Date
2013
Book title
Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas
Book author
Fröhlich, Holger L.; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Stahr, Karl; Clemens, Gerhard
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Berlin
ISBN
978-3-642-33376-7
Number of pages
500
Pages
175-212
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Author(s)
Le Thi, Ai Van

Birkenberg, Athena

Nielsen, Thea

Keil, Alwin

Saint-Macary, Camille
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
In the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia, smallholder farmers are both victims of and actors in the degradation of natural resources, as a result of their agricultural activities. Addressing sustainable development thus requires a good understanding of the agriculture-poverty-environment nexus – defined as the set of complex linkages between agriculture, poverty and the environment – and of the economic incentives that drive the natural resource use of smallholder farmers in vulnerable areas. The objective of this chapter is to improve our understanding of the extent and nature of these linkages across different settings in Southeast Asia – namely northern Vietnam and northern Thailand, and to derive policy recommendations that can contribute towards the enhancement of sustainable development in these regions. The chapter draws on empirical research conducted in northern Vietnam and northern Thailand between 2007 and 2011.
Subjects / Keywords
Sustainable development; agriculture; poverty; environment
JEL
Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O53 - Asia including Middle East