The alleviation of global poverty is a major objective of the 2030 UN Sustainable
Development Goals (notably SDG1 “to end poverty in all its forms everywhere”). Many rural …

Abstract Even though Southeast Asia is a hotspot of forest degradation and deforestation,
thorough reviews of the drivers of forest degradation and deforestation are lacking in the …

Southeast Asia is a hotspot of tropical deforestation for agriculture. Most of the deforestation
is thought to occur in lowland forests, whereas the region's mountainous highlands undergo …

The addition of organic amendments contributes substantially to improvements in soil quality
and prevents soil degradation. However, very little is known about the responses of …

The expansion of commercial agriculture is one of the primary drivers of livelihood and land-
use changes in the world. Globalisation and other factors have intensified this expansion to …

This paper explores the dynamics between soil degradation, integrated farming options and
the uptake of these options in Southeast Asia. It begins with an overview of the status of …

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but
transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly common. So far, our knowledge on …

Hybrid maize farming has boomed across upland Southeast Asia in the past three decades.
Recent studies suggest that the boom has resulted in diverse outcomes across countries. In …

Farmers are carving a new agricultural frontier from the forests in the Southeast Asian Massif
(SAM) in the 21st century, triggering significant environment degradation at the local scale; …

CONTEXT Integration of farms into markets with adoption of maize as a cash crop can
significantly increase income of farms of the developing world. However, in some cases, the …