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    Day 4
    Parallel Session A: Research  and technical options to improve watershed management

    Technical options for improving upland farming systems

    Presentation name Abstract Presentation Paper
    Root Crops for People and Pigs:Food security and income generation aimed at supporting transition from upland rice cropping in northern Laos
    Keith Fahrney, et al. CIAT
     
    Sustainable agricultural productivity through farm pond option in the integrated watershed management of Northeast Thailand
    Thawilkal Wangkahart, Bonyong Toomsan, ICRISAT, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University
    Germplasm-Collection of Local Vegetable Varieties – Treasure for Income Generation and Food Diversification in the Northern Uplands of Lao PDR
    Mathias Plewa and K. Keovichit, NAFRI/HRC
     

    Technical options for improving upland farming systems  (Continued)

    Local knowledge and land degradation: a participatory case study in the uplands of Laos
    Lestrelin, G., Pelletreau, A., Moizo, B., Valentin, C., IRD
    How can research and development help shifting cultivators to improve their farming system? Experiences of LI-BIRD in Participatory Technology Development
    K. P. Aryal and B. R. Regmi, Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM), ICIMOD, Nepal
    Farm forestry and buffer zone enhancement in montane southwest China: A Way to Enhance Rural Economies and the Environment
    Horst Weyerhaeuser, ICRAF
     

    Parallel Session B: Watershed planning and management processes, policies and pratices

    Social and economic considerations for sustainable sloping land and watershed management
    Presentation name Abstract Presentation Paper
    Palong and Black Lahu Local Ecological Knowledge about the Sustainability of Forest Watershed Management and Agroforestry Ecosystems
    Chalathon Choocharoen, Pornchai Preechapanya and Andreas Neef, The Uplands Program, Chiang Mai University
    Women role in use and management of Rangeland resources in Semi arid-mountains of Pakistan A Case Study of Karak District
    Iffat Tabbassum, Department of Geography, University of Peshwar, Pakistan
     
    Farming Systems Options for Poverty Alleviation in Northern Lao Sloping Lands: How Pro-Poor Are They?
    Blesilda Calub, University of Philippines Los Banos
     

    Social and economic considerations for sustainable sloping land and watershed management (Continued)

    Experiences from the Small-scale Agroenteprise Development for the Uplands Project in Laos
    John Connell and Ounkeo Phattammavong, CIAT
     
    Watershed Conflict: Competition over Natural Resources in Northern Thailand
    Nathan Badenoch and Apai Wanitpradit, M-POWER, SEA-USER
    Land degradation in the sloping uplands:  economic drivers and strategies for promoting sustainable land use
    Sushil Pandey, IRRI