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Role of Participatory Development Communication in Natural Resource Management: A Case in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
Using selected agricultural communities in Ratchaburi Province in Thailand, this study mainly investigates the relationship between participatory development communication (PDC), on one hand, and knowledge, attitude, and practice of community-based natural resource mangement (CBNRM), on the other....Volume 11 Issue No. 2 (December 2014) -
Challenges and Opportunities for Giant Freshwater Prawn Culture through Participatory Learning and Fish Farmer Engagements
This paper provides a review of on-farm studies conducted to explore the viability of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, locally known as ulang), culture in six regions in the Philippines. We adopted a participatory action learning approach aimed at improving pond productivity...Volume 12 Issue No. 1 (June 2015) -
A Participatory Framework to Identify Gross National Happiness Issues for the Development of Smallholder Mixed Farming Systems in Bhutan
This paper presents a participatory methodological framework to identify Gross National Happiness (GNH) issues at the smallholder level in Bhutan. GNH is a development paradigm of Bhutan that has increasingly drawn international attention. Its four pillars are sustainable and equitable socioeconomic...Volume 11 Issue No. 1 (June 2014) -
Strengthening Social Capital for Agricultural Development: Lessons from Guama, Bali, Indonesia
Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic development of Indonesia. In Bali province, the government has been implementing agricultural development programs through subaks, which are customary communities that manage the traditional irrigation system. However, subaks now face some...Volume 11 Issue No. 2 (December 2014) -
Operationalizing the Ecosystem Approach to Small-Scale Fisheries Management in the Philippines: The Iligan Bay Alliance of Misamis Occidental
This paper describes the application of the participatory diagnosis and adaptive management (PDAM) framework to analyze the governance of small-scale fisheries and the potential for adopting the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) in Misamis Occidental, Philippines. Using the Rapid Appraisal of a...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
Public Participation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Projects in South and Southeast Asia: A Literature Review
Facilitators of participatory approaches to community development in agricultural and natural resource management settings frequently encounter dilemmas due to embedded social and power structures that potentially interfere with achieving desired outcomes. These dilemmas underscore the need for...Volume 14 Issue No. 1 (June 2017) -
Linking the Gross National Happiness Concept to Smallholder Farm Level: An Empirical Application
This study aims to refine the gross national happiness (GNH) development concept of Bhutan at the farm level and to show the major temporal and spatial trends in the development of rural areas with differing agroecological conditions and adoption of cattle crossbreeding. The study areas...Volume 16 Issue No. 1 (June 2019) -
Economic Implications of Agri-met Advisory Services: A Case Study of Farmer Decision-Making in Haryana
This study answers two questions: (1) How do farmers perceive the economic value of agricultural meteorological (agri-met) advisories in terms of coverage, message relevance, frequency, timing, and language? and (2) To what extent do advisory media influence farm-level economic choices, such as crop...Volume 23 Issue No. 1 (June 2026) -
Assessment of a Farmer Base Network in Promoting an Integrated Farming System at the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
This study analyzed forces driving the emergence of farmer networks in Vietnam and quantified the benefits of an integrated farming system (IFS) and the role of a farmer network in promoting IFS in the Mekong Delta. This case study applied a combination of literature review, participatory community...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
New Agricultural Innovation Systems and Smallholder Participation in Modern Farm Product Markets
Smallholder farmers will continue to play a critical role in meeting the growing demand for food and non-food farm products in the next 30 years. Challenges in meeting this demand include climate change; deficiencies in enabling environments, resources, and capacities;...Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020)
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