<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Integrating Watershed Management for Land Degradation and Improving Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand"^^ . "Thailand’s northeastern region accounts for one third of the country’s population and\r\nland area, but generates only 15 percent of the gross domestic product. Most of the region’s\r\ninhabitants have small holding, are low income farmers who face diverse agricultural and\r\nresource problems related to extreme environmental variability, an adverse climate, poor\r\nsoils and limited, often unreliable water resources. Due to these problems the current\r\nagricultural productivity and income is very low. The deforestation and other agricultural\r\npractices have led to the changes in the hydrologic environment and caused widespread\r\nland degradation problems. To tackle these problems several watershed management\r\nprograms have been implemented by various government departments and organizations.\r\nThis paper reviews the various watershed development management works in northeast\r\nThailand and discusses their approaches and impact on agricultural productivity and\r\nnatural resources.\r\nThe impact of small-scale water resources (SSWR) development program implemented\r\nby the Thai Royal Irrigation Department and Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, on\r\nthe socio-economic conditions of the farmers in NE Thailand was studied. It was found that\r\nthe farmers in SSWR area earned more income from agriculture, than farmers outside SSWR\r\narea. Farm profitability and source of farm cash income of SSWR farmers were closely\r\nrelated to dry season cash crops rather than wet season rice. Area under double cropping\r\nwas found to be higher in SSWR area than those outside SSWR area. In terms of productivity,\r\nprofitability and equity the weir type SSWR system was found to be the most appropriate\r\nfor northeast Thailand. Overall the study indicated that the small scale water resources can\r\nplay very significant role in increasing the productivity and income of small rainfed farmers\r\nin northeast Thailand. The Department of Land Development approach of watershed\r\ndevelopment and management gives greater emphasis to small farm ponds and control of\r\nsoil erosion. This program is being implemented on large scale in Thailand. The Kingdom\r\nWatershed Management Program for small, medium and large scale watersheds is also\r\ndiscussed.\r\nThe results from integrated participatory watershed management project implemented\r\njointly by the Department of Agriculture, Land Development Department and Khon Kaen University in close collaboration with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-\r\nArid Tropics (ICRISAT) are discussed in detail. This project is being carried out at two\r\nbenchmark sites, viz., Tad Fa in Phuphaman district and Wang Chai in Phuwiang district\r\nin northeast region of Thailand. Results shows that with proper land use planning and use\r\nof integrated soil, water and nutrient management (SWMM) and crop management options\r\nthe land degradation can be controlled (soil loss of 5 t/ha/yr in improved system vs soil loss\r\nof 37 t/ha/yr in the traditional system). The project interventions significantly increased the\r\nwater availability and crop yields. Promising watershed management technologies developed\r\nat the project sites provide a good framework for increasing productivity and income of\r\nfarmers on sustained basis, while improving the soil and water resources."^^ . "2005" . . . "International Water Management Institute"^^ . . "International Water Management Institute"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "J S"^^ . "Samra"^^ . "J S Samra"^^ . . "C A"^^ . "Scott"^^ . "C A Scott"^^ . . "S P"^^ . "Wani"^^ . "S P Wani"^^ . . "P"^^ . "Pathak"^^ . "P Pathak"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Wangkahart"^^ . "T Wangkahart"^^ . . "B R"^^ . "Sharma"^^ . "B R Sharma"^^ . . "B"^^ . "Toomsan"^^ . "B Toomsan"^^ . . . . . . "Integrating Watershed Management for Land Degradation and Improving Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Integrating Watershed Management for Land Degradation and Improving Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "Integrating Watershed Management for Land Degradation and Improving Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #4616 \n\nIntegrating Watershed Management for Land Degradation and Improving Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Watershed Management"@en . . . "Land Degradation"@en . .