| Participatory and Integrated Research in Mountainous Regions of Thailand and Vietnam： Approaches and Lessons Learned |
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| 作者姓名： | Andreas Neef Franz Heidhues Karl Stahr Pittaya Sruamsiri |
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| 作者单位： | University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany，University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany，University of Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany，Chiang Mai University Thailand |
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| 基金项目： | Acknowledgements We would like to thank Sukit Kanjina, Pakakrong Makpun, Rattana Kouy-Charoenpanit,Patcharin Inthanu, Key Nanthasen, Wipawadee Saepueng, Teeka Yothapakdee, for their help in data collection, data entry and analysis. We are indebted to David Thomas for his useful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. |
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| 摘 要： | Introduction Until the late 1980s, the mountainous regions of northern Thailand and northern Vietnam were largely cut off from the rapid economic develop- ment in the urban centers such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Hanoi, and from the dynamics of the ‘gree…
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| 关 键 词： | 泰国 越南 山区开发 国际协作研究项目 综合研究 参与式研究 分担法 经验 教训 |
| 文章编号： | 1672-6316（2006）04-0305-20 |
| 收稿时间： | 2006-05-26 |
| 修稿时间： | 2006-09-12 |
Participatory and integrated research in mountainous regions of Thailand and Vietnam: Approaches and lessons learned |
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| Andreas Neef Franz Heidhues Karl Stahr Pittaya Sruamsiri.Participatory and integrated research in mountainous regions of Thailand and Vietnam: Approaches and lessons learned[J].Journal of Mountain Science,2006,3(4):305-324. |
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| Authors: | Andreas Neef Franz Heidhues Karl Stahr Pittaya Sruamsiri |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany;(2) Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Participatory and integrated research approaches employed by a long-term Thai-Vietnamese-German collaborative research program,
‘The Uplands Program’, that address the vicious circles of resource scarcity, environmental degradation and rural poverty
in mountainous regions of northern Thailand and northern Vietnam are discussed in this paper. We present two examples from
the Thai component of the research program to show how different disciplines and stakeholders need to cooperate at different
scales to make meaningful scientific contributions towards sustainable land use and rural development in mountainous regions.
The case of resource conservation in the Thai highlands shows that local and scientific knowledge, conventional surveys and
participatory modeling can be creatively combined. Integrated research on the potential of integrating fruit trees and associated
technologies into mountain farming systems suggests that natural scientists have to work alongside economists and social scientists
to avoid harmful effects of purely technology-driven and productivity-enhancing approaches. The success of new technologies
cannot be measured solely by adoption rates and yield increases, but also needs to take into account their long-term impact
on various groups of farmers and the ecological, economic and social trade-offs that they entail. Technical and institutional
innovations need to go hand in hand to provide viable livelihood opportunities for smallholder farmers in mountain watersheds.
The major lesson learned from the first six years of our research in the mountains of Thailand and Vietnam is that conventional
and participatory approaches are not antagonistic; if scientists from various disciplines and research paradigms are open-minded,
the combination of both approaches can produce meaningful results that cater for the needs of both the academic community
and local stakeholders in mountain environments.
With contributions from Peter Elstner, Chapika Sangkapitux, Ulrich Schuler, Chalathon Choocharoen and Ludger Herrmann |
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| Keywords: | Integrated research participatory approaches local and scientific knowledge Thailand Vietnam |
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