A socio-economic impact assessment of rice farming, fishing and rice farming cum fishing households in Tonle Sap Great Lake Area in Cambodia | |
| Author | Theng Lipine |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-12-06 |
| Subject(s) | Households--Economic aspects--Cambodia Fisheries--Economic aspects--Cambodia |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Natural Resources Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-12-06 |
| Abstract | The study was conducted to assess the socio-economicstatusof different household groups with diverse livelihood systems -rice farming, fishing, and rice farming cum fishing–located adjacentto Tonle Sap Great Lake in Cambodia.98 households were purposely selected forinterview. Their socio-economicstatuswasused to representcommunities‟adaptive capacity.The analysis indicates that rice farmingand rice farming cum fishing householdshad higher adaptive capacity to vulnerability than fishinghouseholds, since fishinghouseholdswere in heavy debt, owned bad house condition andrelied on single fisheries resources while other two groups were involved inseveral occupationssuch as smallscale business, laboring, and services...etc.The result of the study also demonstrated the dominant factors of annual income of the groups.The annual income of rice farming households wasdominated by livestock unit, agricultural land size and off-farm income. Fishing households‟ annual income was dominated by only off-farm income, and annual income of rice farmingcum fishinghouseholdswasdominated by fourfactors, including family size, off-farm income, agricultural equipment, and fishing gear. Furthermore, the vulnerability of the groups was analyzed on the basisofinteraction between adaptive capacity andtheir sensitivity and exposure. As a result, it was found thataround10 percent ofrice farming and rice farming cum fishing households, and 25percent of fishing households werein a highvulnerabilitylevel, butin overall,household groups were in the moderate level ofvulnerability. In this level, fishing households were fairly higher vulnerablethan other groups even though the groupowned lower adaptive capacity than other groups,as the household groupwasexposed to fisheries resources increase.Additionally,dominant factorsof the vulnerabilitycould bedeterminedbased on thevariables ofadaptive capacity and sensitivityand exposure.The vulnerability of the groups was dominated by various factors.Livestock unitwerethe major influential factors ofthe vulnerability of rice farminghouseholds, while community-based fisheries resources management was the dominantfactor offishinghouseholds,whereasthe vulnerability ofrice farming cum fishing households wasdominated by a couple of factors, land quality and livestock unit. At the end of study, the possible future development scenarioswere conducted. Theyindicatethat improvement of land quality to increase land productivityand improvement of livestock husbandry willassist to promote the income of the households. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-12-06 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad |
| Examination Committee(s) | Grunbuhel, Clemens;Ebbers, Theo;K.C., Krishna Bahadur |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency(Sida), Sweden |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |