The economy and society of Northeast Thailand have been changing since the onset of rapid economic growth of Thailand in the mid-1980s. The region had been developed as a supplier of agricultural products and human resources for centralized industrialization of Thai economy. This process made people in the Northeast economically richer, but the region remained as a hinterland in Thai society. The changes are, however, now extending beyond the economic aspect and can be observed in the much wider contexts including landscape, livelihood and life. This seminar aims at exchanging information and ideas on what is going on in Northeast Thailand and surrounding areas, and discussing various connections and interrelationships in the on-going transition of the region’s economy and society.

Organizers:
Program on System Approaches in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University
Thailand Research Foundation (TRF) Basic Research Grant on “The Agrarian Transformation in Northeast Thailand: An Interdisciplinary Study of Agricultural System Change”
Center for Research on Plurality in the Mekong Region (CERP), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University
International Program of Collaborative Research, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University

Date and time: 13:00 – 16:30, 11th Feb. 2014
Venue: Khon Kaen University

Contact details for inquiries: Yasuyuki KONO (kono at cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Satoshi YOKOYAMA (s-yokoyama at nagoya-u.jp)

Program:
(15 minutes for each presentation (8 minutes talk and 7 minutes Q&A)
1. Prof. Yasuyuki Kono, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Connections between agricultural landscape, livelihood and life
2. Aj. Arunee Promkhambut, Faculty of Agriculture, KKU
Expansion of multiple cropping in rainfed rice areas in Khon Kaen Province
3. Aj. Sorat Praweenwongwuthi, Nakhon Phanom Unievrsity
Changes in agricultural land use in the riverine area of Nakhon Phanom Province
4. Mr. Chalee Gedgaew, Faculty of Agriculture, KKU
Contract farming of tomato seed in Northeast Thailand
5. Kan
Development of high value agricultural systems in the Northeastern Mountains
6. Dr. Kazuo Watanabe, Research Institute of Humanity and Nature
Transition of rice production system in Don Daeng Village, Northeast Thailand
7. Dr. Keisuke Hoshikawa
Changes in hydrological conditions for rice cultivation with expansion of paddy fields from 1950s to 2000s.
8. Prof. Satoshi Yokoyama, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Contract farming in the Chinese border region of northern Laos
9. Ms. Yuko Shirai, Faculty of Agriculture, KKU
Rural livelihood systems in Northeastern Thailand
10. Dr. Patcharin Lapanun and Dr. Keeratiporn Jutaviriya, CERP, KKU
Livelihood transformation and globalization: A case study of integrated agriculture in Northeastern Thailand
11. Mr. Monchai Phonsiri, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, KKU
Transnational livelihoods of Thai diaspora in Thai society
12. Dr. Satoru Kobayashi
Agro-ecological zoning and livelihood changes in Pursat province, Cambodia

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