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Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy. 2012. Presentation from Session 11: Research Challenges in Water Governance: Institutions, Environment and Livelihoods.
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Water Governance in Contract Farming: A Comparative Study between
Huay Luang river basin in Thailand and Nam Ngum river basin in Laos
Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy. Hanoi, Vietnam,
November 13-14, 2012
Panpilai SukhonthasindhuM-POWER, third call
Objectives• to study the change process of the resources
utilization, water use patterns in intensified or commercialized agriculture.
• to understand conditions which are drivers, constraints, potentials, and opportunities in which local users choose to respond, negotiate or accommodate to those changes in two countries where socio-economic conditions differ.
• It is anticipated that the research will identify development policy gaps and opportunities for policy making process.
research questions • How does Contract Farming in the study areas
have impacts on the competing water utilization, livelihoods, socio-economic and cultures of the local users in the two selected river basins of the study area?
• How do local users’ knowledge and practices be integrated into water policy process and be reflected in practical water governance?
• How do the process of social interactions and dialogues among different stake-holders in negotiating be led to institutional arrangement for water governance?
THAILAND
LAO PDR
Mekong River
THAILAND
LAO PDR
Mekong River
Huay Luang River
Study area
River
Ag. Land Reform.4-01
Second Rice
Annual Rice
Legend
sub-district
Phonphisai Water gate
Na Nang sub-district, study area 132 square kms.Population 12,266 Household: 2,500 Land use:Wetland (Second Rice growing) 72 sq. km.:Ag. Land Reform 15.2 sq. km.:Annual Rice (Rubber) 28.8 sq.km.:Other 16 sq.km.
Wetlands Second Rice Growing
Participatory Resource Assessment
(P-GIS Training)
Field Survey during P-GIS
Participatory Resource Mapping
Presentation of participatory resource assessment
Preliminary findingsFour main issues identified
-Land use change impacts greatly on water use
-The deterioration of wetland ecosystem
- More vulnerability as risk area (no retention common area)
-The resilience of the community towards external drivers such as climate change, market led economy
Thank You