Profile description of the MSEC catchments in the partner countries

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General
Description
Catchment name
Basic information
Country
Indonesia
Laos
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Province Semarang Luang Prabang Chitwan Bukidnon Phrae Hoa Binh
Latitude 07020'S 19051'10''N 27049' N 08002'50''N 18013'20''N 20057'40''N
Longitude 1100E 102010'45''E 85032'30" E 125056'35''E 100023'40''E 105029'10''E
Elevation (m) 390-510 400-700 650-1400 1080-1505 400-480 125-700
Catchment size (ha) 33 63 124 91 71 96
No. of equipped catchments and sub-catchments 5 9 5 5 5 5
Biophysical attributes      

Slope (%)
Geology and landform

 15-75
Basaltic lava 		30-80
Shale; schist 		40-60
Gneiss; schist 		8-35
Basalt, pyroclastics		 12-50
Siltstone, sandstone		 40-60
Schist

Rainfall (mm)
Soils

 2,500
Inceptisol		 1,403
Ultisol; Entisol		 2,200
Inceptisol; Alfisol		 2,537
Ultisol, Inceptisol		 1,077
Alfisol; Ultisol 		1,500
Ultisol
Vegetation and land use
 Rice, maize, rambutan Forest, bush fallow; rice, maize, job's tears Forest, grasslands, rice maize, millet, potato Forest plantation, open grassland, maize, potato, vegetables Soybean, mung bean, tamarind Cassava, rice, maize, taro, peanut
Hydrology

Permanent flow (water flows year round)

Permanent flow (water flows year round)

Permanent flow (water flows year round)

 Intermittent flow (water flows only during rainy season)

Intermittent flow (water flows only during rainy season)

Permanent flow (water flows year round)
Socioeconomic attributes
Population

- household

405 80 54 70 50 38
- persons
 1,812 427 354 155 3,655
196
Ethnic group


Lao Theung (92%)
Lao Lum(2%)		 Gurung; Gharti; Brahmin, Chhetri/
Thakuri,		 Talaandig Thai Kinh (40%); Muong
Land tenure Owners, shareholders
 State owned
Land use right (28 HH)

With certificate of ownership
Leased

 Private owner Land use title

Land use right
Annual Income (US$)
 372 296  

1,200

627

774
- on farm 64% 70% 41% 60%   96%
- crop
- 46%
        
- 57%
- animal
- 18%
        
- 39%
- off farm 36% 30% 59% 40%

4%
Dominant crops

Rambutan, lowland rice; upland crops

 Upland rice, job's tears Maize, rice,
millet, mustard,
legumes		 Vegetables, maize

Soybean, mung bean

 Cassava, rice, maize, peanut

Agricultural
Practices

Two crops in one year

Shifting cultivation Two or three crops a year Two crops in one year
 Two crops in one year Two-crops in one year
Relevant institutions CSAR, CIRAD, BPTP; AIAT

NAFRI; IRD

NARC, ICIMOD

PCARRD, DA, DENR, NGO SANREM, CMU, ICRAF, SEARCA,

RFD, RID; ICRISAT; AIT

MARD, NISF, VASI; ICRISAT

 

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