Swidden Cultivation and the Agrarian Transition on the Forest Frontiers of Southeast Asia

农村可持续发展面临的挑战增加，因为寡居的农民正在适应社会冲突、物质贫困和环境衰退等农业变化的不均衡影响。然而，关于寡居农民如何在不同的政治经济背景下参与土地改革的原因和后果，人们知之甚少。这项研究将对老挝、菲律宾和马来西亚边境的农民如何调整生计和社会关系，以应对农业变化进行多尺度的比较评估(当地-地区)。它将为澳大利亚的捐赠者、国际学术网络和资源从业者提供关于农业变化如何影响受影响的农民和当地景观的新见解。

Challenges to rural sustainability increase as swidden farmers adjust to the uneven impacts of agrarian change such as social conflict, material poverty and environmental decline. However, little is known about how swidden farmers engage with the causes and consequences of agrarian change in different political economic contexts. This research will generate a multi-scale comparative assessment (local-regional) of how swidden farmers adjust livelihoods and social relations in response to agrarian change in Laos, Philippine and Malaysian frontiers. It will offer new insights to Australian donors, international academic networks and resource practitioners on how agrarian change affects swidden farmers and local landscapes.