We test an emerging theory of the forest transition using the case of Vietnam. In the early
1990s, decollectivisation of agriculture, allocation of forestry land to households, and the …

Village communities are not homogeneous entities but a combination of complex networks
of social relationships. Many factors such as ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, and …

Mixed crop livestock systems provide the majority of the cereal and livestock domestic
products for households in developing countries. We explore the question of whether such …

Intercropping legume with cereal is an extensively applied planting pattern in crop
cultivation. However, forage potential and the degradability of harvested mixtures from …

Indian sub-continent is the home tract of world buffaloes. Buffalo is the only potential animal
that can boost meat industry in India. Buffalo meat is the healthiest meat among red meats …

The objective of this study was to compare the management and economic success of beef
production by three types of farm in northwestern Vietnam. The potential of household farms …

The term “barren hills” has been a keyword for land degradation in the uplands of Vietnam
for over a decade. Nevertheless, the “barren” land is still not adequately ecologically …

In northern Vietnam uplands the successive policy reforms that accompanied agricultural
decollectivisation triggered very rapid changes in land use in the 1990s. From a centralized …

Six decades ago, Vietnam was colonised by France after a long history of successive
dynasties tributary to the country's larger neighbour–China. During World War II, Vietnam …

Prospects for a forest transition in Tropical Asia would have wide implications for global
environmental change. Data from the latest Forest Resources Assessment (FAO 2006) …