White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
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白金：湄公河下游流域水稻种植的商业化
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2020
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R. Cramb
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这本开放获取的书是关于理解湄公河流域下游小农水稻种植从低产量的自给自足活动转变为生产国家自给自足所需的盈余和高附加值出口产业的过程。几个世纪以来，该盆地的农民一直将大米视为“白金”，反映了大米对他们的粮食安全和福祉的核心地位。在过去的40年里，大米也成为了一种对湄公河流域农民非常重要的商业作物，加强了但不是取代了它在确保他们生存方面的作用。本书以合作研究为基础，目的是(A)比较湄公河下游不同地区稻农的现状和发展轨迹；(B)探讨将稻农与新技术和投入产出市场连接起来的价值链；以及(C)了解政府政策在促进商业化水稻种植不断演变中的作用。导言部分将研究放在地理和历史的背景下进行。四个主要部分依次研究泰国东北部、老挝中部、柬埔寨东南部和湄公河三角洲的水稻种植、价值链和政策。最后一节考察了对整个地区大米政策的影响。
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their food security and well-being. In the past four decades, rice has also become a commercial crop of great importance to Mekong farmers, augmenting but not replacing its role in securing their subsistence. This book is based on collaborative research to (a) compare the current situation and trajectories of rice farmers within and between different regions of the Lower Mekong, (b) explore the value chains linking rice farmers with new technologies and input and output markets within and across national borders, and (c) understand the changing role of government policies in facilitating the on-going evolution of commercial rice farming. An introductory section places the research in geographical and historical context. Four major sections deal in turn with studies of rice farming, value chains, and policies in Northeast Thailand, Central Laos, Southeastern Cambodia, and the Mekong Delta. The final section examines the implications for rice policy in the region as a whole.