04635nam a2200505 4500 20260818114928.0 th eng .b11583952 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 Latsamy Chanthalangsy Gender perspectives of shifting cultivation : a case study of Sangthong Training Area, Lao PDR Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 82 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. SR-96-04 Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 A thesis submitted in paitial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development Some gender issues related to shifting cultivation were studied in villages located within the training forest of the Vientiane Forest College. In the study respondents (35 males and 48 females) representing 83 randomly-selected households were inte1viewed. The main findings of the study are as follows: ( 1) The households are mainly headed by males. (2) The educational attainment of females is lower than that of males (3) Agriculture is the main occupation for 69% of the households (4) 50.4% of female and 49.6% of male household members are engaged in agiiculture (5) 70% of the fatmers have small landholdings ( 6) The most sedous problems in the villages are small size of fa1ms, sh01tage of labor and inadequate fe1tilizer. (7) Livestock raising is an integi·al pa1t of fanning in the villages. From the gender standpoint, division of labor was well-defined. Gathedng of manure, weeding, cultivating, and va1ious household chores are responsibilities of women. Land preparation is a responsibility of men. In te1ms of decision making, men have more say than women in fa1m activities, except in the case of seed selection. When it comes to household activities, women have the gi·eater say, except in the case of division oflabor. Shifting cultivation eradication is not an easy task. Owing to the lack of suitable agiicultural land and its distribution resulted in forest destmction. Regarding the role of women in fa1m activities is less when compared to men. However, encouragement of off:fa1m activities like pig and poultiy raising, and weaving will benefit and increase household income. Meanwhile these activities are the task of women and the income generating alternative possibly contiibute to the reduction of shifting cultivation and land resources pressure. The results from this study possibly useful for finther development of the area, especially to involve women in development processes. Shifting cultivation Laos Women in agriculture Laos Lantican, Celso B., Chairperson Kelkar, Govind, Examination committee Remigio,, Amador A., Examination committee Lao-Geiman Forestty Team Project, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. SR-96-04 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B14747 .b11583952 mnait v 241213 0 970206 m a v 0 000:001:PDF:b1158395:001922:0:0:0:0:0:0 Abstract--AIT Thesis no.SR-96-4 n mnait mnait mnarc mnarc mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30020220000817 CREATED : 1997-06-02 RECORD # : i11902760 LPATRON : 1023492 LCHKIN : 2012-08-31 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 7 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30020220000742 CREATED : 1997-06-02 RECORD # : i11902772 LPATRON : 1017147 LCHKIN : 2006-06-09 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 12 TOT RENEW : 3 Barcode : 30050120551378 CREATED : 2015-06-02 RECORD # : i12835274 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120551394 CREATED : 2015-06-02 RECORD # : i12835286 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120221295 CREATED : 2016-01-04 RECORD # : i12918003 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121009319 CREATED : 2020-11-14 RECORD # : i13310380 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 49087 49087 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30020220000817 2026-08-18 11:49:28 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30020220000742 2026-08-18 11:49:28 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30050120551378 2026-08-18 11:49:28 4 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30050120551394 2026-08-18 11:49:28 3 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30050120221295 2026-08-18 11:49:28 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.SR-96-04 30050121009319 2026-08-18 11:49:28 5 2026-08-18 20