01880nam a2200241 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000190007324500710009226000520016330000110021549000220022650001640024850200580041252008760047065000150134670000330136170000450139470000440143971000360148381000540151985600650157320260817173344.0200198 th eng  a.b100253640 aMontha Narisak12aA comparative study of alternative rice production systems in Laos aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1976 a103 p.1 aThesis ;vno. 966 aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand,  aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1976 aThis study is an investigation,of the production efficiency and the possible labour capacity per crop of alternative rice production systems project farm, traditional paddy farm and upland rice farm, at the farm level, It is a cross-sectional study at the micro-level of rice production in Laos with reference to the Tha Ngon Agricultural Development Project and the traditional farms in the vicinity, It is a real and practical approach in identifying the actual input-output factors at every stage of the production line, a It provides basic data and information for further studies in developing simulation model of alternative rice production systems, Also it draws up some guidelines for a technological change in the production line, It characterises the effects of technological change on the labour performance and on the cultural and social system of farmers. 0aRicexLaos1 aCowell, P. A., eChairperson1 aSingh, Gajendra, eExamination Committee1 aGoede, J.H. de, eExamination Committee2 aThe Mekong, eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. 966 3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B23808