Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia

InhaltsangabeSustainable Resource Management in the Highlands.- Variability of Soil Resources in Northern Thailand.- Water Allocation and Management in Northern Thailand: The Case of Mae Sa Watershed.- The Environmental Fate of Agro-Chemicals: A Case Study in the Mae Sa Noi Watershed.- Biodiversity and Landscape Structure: Challenges for Insect Management Strategies in Lychee Orchards in the Mountains of Northern Thailand.- Synthesis: Constraints to Sustainable Use of Soil and Water in the Northern Thailand Highlands and Consequences for Future Research.- Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems.- Stabilisation of Fruit Production by Optimised Plant Nutrition.- Strategies for Flower Induction to Improve Orchard Productivity: From Compensation of Alternate Bearing to Off-Season Fruit Production.- The Plant-Physiological Basis of Flower Induction in the Control of Fruit Production.- Alternative Techniques for Water-Saving Irrigation and Optimised Fertigation in Fruit Production in Northern Thailand.- The Control of Postharvest Ripening Processes and its Implications for the Productivity of Mango Processing.- Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Lychee Processing.- Synthesis: Food Safety, Productivity and Environmental Awareness as Key Objectives in Sustainable Fruit Production and Processing Systems.- Livestock Production Systems.- The Contribution of Livestock to Sustainable Development of Mountain Farming in Northern Vietnam.- Suitability of Local and Improved Pig Breeds for Different Smallholder Production Conditions.- Local Livestock Genetic Resources in Northern Vietnam.- Genetic Diversity of Vietnamese Pig Breeds.- A Survey of Selected Livestock Parasites in Son La.- Synthesis.- Farm Economics and Marketing Dynamics in Support of Sustainability.- The Impact of Family Decision-Making on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods.- Sustainability of Mountainous Farming Systems.- Sustainable Farming Systems Planning Using Goal Programming in Northern Thailand.- Fresh Longan Marketing and Reference Market: A Case of Longan Grown in Northern Thailand.- Interregional Trade Flows and Market Stability.- Synthesis.- Institutional Framework for Sustainable Land Use.- Resource Tenure and Sustainable Land Management - Case Studies from Northern Vietnam and Northern Thailand.- Sustainable and Less Sustainable Developments in the Rural Financial Market of Northern Vietnam.- Participatory Research for Sustainable Development in Vietnam and Thailand: From a Static to an Evolving Concept.- State Administration and Local Networks: The Case of Pang Ma Pha District, Northern Thailand.- Synthesis, Conclusions and Implications for Institutional Development and Future Research.- Conclusion and Outlook.- Conclusions and Outlook.