Forces of change in the Thailand opium zone

Forces of change in the Thailand opium zone

Hill tribes in Thailand illegally grow opium for cash income. Degeneration of physical resources is forcing adoption of alternative crops. Additional economic change is foreseen because recent political pressures to eliminate opium production are causing strict enforcement of the Thai antiopium law....

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Veröffentlicht in:Geographical review 1988-07, Vol.78 (3), p.241-256
1. Verfasser: Crooker, R.A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural land
Asia
Bgi / Prodig
Cash crops
Commercial production
COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL
COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE
crop elimination
Crop production
Crops
ECOLOGIA HUMANA
ECOLOGIE HUMAINE
ECONOMIA
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIE
ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL
Highlands
HUMAN ECOLOGY
illegal crops
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Narcotic dependence
Opium
Opium trade
PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM
PLANT PRODUCTION
PRODUCCION VEGETAL
PRODUCTION VEGETALE
Rice
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Southeast Asia
STRUCTURE SOCIALE
TAILANDIA
THAILAND
Thailand. Laos
THAILANDE
Villages
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Zusammenfassung:Hill tribes in Thailand illegally grow opium for cash income. Degeneration of physical resources is forcing adoption of alternative crops. Additional economic change is foreseen because recent political pressures to eliminate opium production are causing strict enforcement of the Thai antiopium law. Future production will be limited to small areas near the Burma border. Study of social change is needed to assuage hardships that could result from a new economic system.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.2307/214999