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บทสรุปสำหรับผู้บริหาร

Executive Summary

Part I.    Background

1.    Recent changes and current situation

1.1    Toward permanent settlements
1.2    Land use
1.3    Traditional rotational shifting agriculture
1.4    Diversity of land use systems in the highlands
1.5    Correlation between forest loss and population

2.    A description of development assistance projects

2.1    Thai-Australia Highland Agricultural and Social Development Project (TA-HASD)
2.2    Thai-German Highland Development Project (TG)
2.3    Care - Mae Chaem
2.4    The Royal Project (The King's Project)
2.5    The UN-Sam Mun Highland Development Project

3.    Methodology

3.1    Reconnaissance survey
3.2    Rapid Rural Appraisal
3.3    Formal surveys
3.4    Village Agroecosystem Analysis
3.5    System Properties: Criteria for evaluating land use sustainability

Part II.    Results

4.    Village agroecosystems

4.1    La Oop/Tissa
4.2    Mae Rid Pakae (TA-HASD)
4.3    Pah Poo Chom Village (HASD Phase 1, World Bank)
4.4    Pang Kam Not (TG)
4.5    Yang Sarn (Care)
4.6    Mae Hae (Royal Project)
4.7    Mae Plam/Pa Kia Mai (UN-Sam Mun)

5.    Benefit Cost Analysis of Cropping Systems

5.1    Objectives
5.2    Site description
5.3    Method
5.4    Empirical Results

6.    Community Resource Management

6.1    The village structure
6.2    Sustainability of community efforts

7.    Sustainable Highland Development: Conclusions and Recommendations

7.1    Current Status of Highland Agriculture
7.2    Pressure on the Land
7.3    Diversity of Land Use Systems
7.4    Agricultural Intensification and the Use of Other Resources
7.5    Agricultural Intensification and Its Impact on the Environment
7.6    Effectiveness of Conservation practices and "Sustainable" Agriculture
7.7    The Role of Communal Organization
7.8    External pressures
7.9    Conclusions
7.10    Recommendations

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