@article{fdi:010081475,
  title = {{I}ntensification of rice cultivation in the floodplain of the {C}hao {P}hraya {D}elta},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {C}hompadist, {C}. and {B}remard, {T}hanawat},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}ver the past 50 years rice cultivation in {A}sian deltas has undergone impressive intensification. {I}n the {C}hao {P}hraya {D}elta, {T}hailand, traditional deepwater and floating rice varieties have gradually been replaced by high-yield varieties ({HYV}s). {H}owever, until recently a floodplain of 300,000 ha was still cultivated with traditional varieties. {W}e analyze how these varieties came to be replaced by single/double cropping of {HYV}s and describe the new water regime that has been established, taking the {B}ang {K}um drainage basin as an illustration. {W}hile the shift brought a welcome increase in rural incomes, we show how the change in water management has had serious negative cross-scale consequences that have not been considered. {W}e end by discussing the government's plan to alter the water regime in the area again, as part of its "monkey cheek" (flood retarding) policy. {W}e show that rather than enhancing management flexibility and the floodplain's buffering capacity, as it claims, this policy in fact undermines both.},
  keywords = {deepwater rice ; rice cultivation ; flood management ; flood retarding basin ; {C}hao {P}hraya {D}elta ; {T}hailand ; {THAILANDE} ; {CHAO} {PHRAYA} {DELTA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}outheast {A}sian {S}tudies},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {141--168},
  ISSN = {2186-7275},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.20495/seas.10.1_141},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081475},
}