tailieunhanh - Terraced fields in sustainable development in mountainous regions of northern Vietnam
Terraced farming has contributed significantly to the economic development in mountainous regions. Additionally, it possesses cultural values and expresses the creativity of the native people in the locality. In today’s context, the preservation and sustainable development of terraced fields have become a matter of urgency, given their contributions to the preservation and promotion of cultural values, fixed cultivation and sedentarisation, environmental protection and socio-economic development. The sustainable development of terraced fields requires the coordination of many international and local organisations together with the people for the proper management and use of the resource. | Terraced Fields in Sustainable Development in Mountainous Regions of Northern Vietnam Nguyen Truong Giang1 University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University. Email: truonggiangvme96@ Received: 20 Febuary 2017. Accepted: 4 April 2017. Abstract: Terraced farming has contributed significantly to the economic development in mountainous regions. Additionally, it possesses cultural values and expresses the creativity of the native people in the locality. In today’s context, the preservation and sustainable development of terraced fields have become a matter of urgency, given their contributions to the preservation and promotion of cultural values, fixed cultivation and sedentarisation, environmental protection and socio-economic development. The sustainable development of terraced fields requires the coordination of many international and local organisations together with the people for the proper management and use of the resource. Keywords: Terraced fields, sustainable development, Vietnam. Subject classification: Anthropology 1. Introduction The terraced field is plots of rice fields created in the form of steps on the basis of a mountainous terrain. Earlier, research on the subject has only mentioned this form as a cultivation method of the mountaineers. However, in reality, the terraced field is an extraordinary product of creativity as well as a cultural symbol demonstrating the people’s marvellous adaptability to the mountainous environment. In Vietnam, the method of terraced cultivation has been practiced by inhabitants of the mountainous regions ever since the ethnic groups migrated to and lived there. The article points out a number of advantages of terraced fields with respect to being a source of economic benefits, cultural creativity, fixed cultivation and sedentarisation and environmental protection, terraced fields in the policy of tam nông (agriculture, farmers, rural areas; Vietnamese: nông nghiệp, nông dân, nông .
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