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… villagers formed a group to stop the logging and shrimp farming. Their efforts were successful and the gate was … rice. Over 80 percent of the population owns and manages livestock on communal rangelands (Hendy 1980). Higher livestock densities and the expansion of cash crop …

… are forcing many upland peoples to adopt unsustainable farming and land-use practices such as excessive livestock grazing, tree felling, and the cultivation of … farming and land-use practices such as excessive livestock grazing, tree felling, and the cultivation of …

… in preserving the right to food. Water is essential for farming: almost 70% of all available freshwater is used for … areas for the production of foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies and … areas for the production of food-stuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies and …

… be used for subsistence cropping, among other land uses. Livestock is also lost through injury and predation, mostly … the only resources local communities own and control are livestock and crops, and not the land from which they derive … More communities are now engaged in subsistence crop farming, but under very difficult conditions. Like most parts …