Montane paddy rice: Development and effects on food security and livelihood activities of highland Lao farmers

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-47

  Linquist, Bruce ^a   Trösch, Karin ^b   Guenat, Dominique ^b   Pandey, Sushil ^c   Phouynyavong, Khampou ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

Author keywords

Food security; Land use policy; Laos; Lowland rice; Montane paddy; Shifting cultivation; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE PLANNING; PADDY FARMING; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33947231203     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[40:MPRDAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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