Tips for Realizing Sustainable Diversified Agriculture with Optimal Profit through Exploitation of CGPRT Crops

摘要

The CGPRT Centre launched a three-year research project, "Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries" (AGRIDIV), in April 2003. The project is funded by the Government ofJapan. During February to March 2004, an interim review of phase I country study was organized in participating countries. In addition to reviewing the progress of study, there were opportunities to visit CGPRT crop farmers, traders and local markets through the courtesy of national experts in each country. This paper is an introduction to information that has been collected through our discussions with country study teams and interviews with farmers, traders, extension officials and other stakeholdersconcerning CGPRT crops in Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. Unfortunately, due to severe time limitations the information collected is not well organized our interview technique was a very informal one. However, in spite of these limitations, we believe that our report provides hints and suggestions to guide future discussions for realizing sustainable diversified agriculture in the AGRIDIV project.