Proceedings of an International Conference: Agricultural Sustainability, Growth and Poverty Alleviattion in East and Southeast Asia: Issues and Policies held from 3rd to 6th October, 1994 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1. Overview of issues and finding / Julie Witcover and Mark W. Rosegrant. 2. Plenary session papers 2.1. Conceptual Linkages of Agricultural Sustainability, Growth and Poverty Alleviation Issues 2.1.1. Agricultural Sustainability, Growth and Poverty Alleviation: Issues Paper / Peter B.R. Hazell. 2.1.2. Poverty and Environmental Change: Preliminary Evidence and a Framework for Assessing the Links / Stephen A. Vosti and Thomas Reardon. 2.2. Agricultural Sustainability, Growth and Poverty Alleviation: An Update on the Region 2.2.1. Prospects for Balancing Food Needs with Sustainable Resource Management in East and Southeast Asia / Mercedita C. Agcaoili-Sombilla and Mark W. Rosegrant. 2.2.2. Intensification-Induced Degradation of the Paddy Resource Base / Prabhu L. Pingali. 2.3. Incorporating Sustainability into Policy Making: Views from the National Level 2.3.1. Planning for Sustainable Natural Resources Management / John A. Dixon. 2.3.2. Reorienting Research and Extension Systems in Asia Towards Sustainability Objectives / Peter R. Goldsworthy and S. Duiker. 2.4. Conceptual and Policy Issues Applied: A Country Case Study 2.4.1. Growth, Equity and Sustainability in Malaysian Agricultural Development / Larry C.Y. Wong. 3. Parallel session papers 3.1. Water Resources: Country Studies in Water Management and Allocation 3.1.1. Markets in Tradable Water Rights: Lessons for Asia from Chile, Mexico, and California / Mark W. Rosegrant and Renato Gazmuri Schleyer. 3.1.2. Water Management for Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Chu Thai Hoanh and Thai Dinh Kang. 3.1.3. Water Resources Allocation in Indonesia: Sustaining Agricultural Development in the Brantas River Basin / Effendi Pasandaran. 3.1.4. Productivity and Equity Impacts of Water Allocation Policy in Malaysia / G. Sivalingam. 3.2. Land Resources: Lessons from Country Case Studies in Land Management and Property Rights 3.2.1. Appropriate agricultural intensification of rainfed areas: experiences from Asia / Percy E. Sajise and Asa Jose U. Sajise 3.3.2 Land system reform and economic development in rural China / Jiang Zhongyi and Chen Zingguang 3.2.3. Property rights, institutions and access to resources: impacts on sustainable intensification of Philippine uplands / Marian S. de los Angeles and Asa Jose U. Sajise 3.2.4. Property rights, institutions and access to resources: impacts on sustainable intensification in Northern Thailand / Benchaphun Shinawatra.

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