Gopal B Thapa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3474413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gopal B Thapa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gopal B |
| FAMILY NAME | Thapa |
| SIGNATURE | THAPA G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Asian Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1709-4619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Agricultural sustainability assessment at provincial level in Pakistan
Explaining the de facto open access of public property commons
Is ‘Better cotton’ better than conventional cotton in terms of input use efficiency and financial performance
Fungibility of Smallholder Agricultural Credit
Sustainability Analysis of Ecotourism on Yao Noi Island, Thailand
This paper examines the sustainability of ecotourism on Yao Noi Island based on nine indicators covering environmental, economic and sociocultural dimensions. Required data were collected through a survey of 178 households using a structured questionnaire and participatory appraisal methods. The findings revealed a majority of local people across income brackets benefited from the employment opportunities generated by ecotourism. However, the con…
Status and financial performance of organic vegetable farming in northeast Thailand
Comparative Analysis of Evolution of Participatory Forest Management Institutions in South Asia
In pursuit of sustainable forest conservation, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal have promoted participatory forest management (PFM) approaches such as community forestry, joint forest management, and social forestry. This study assessed these approaches based on policy and legal frameworks, organizational arrangements, and decentralization of authority, which are considered the fundamental requirements for the success of PFM. The findings of …
Crop diversification in Thailand
Understanding the Next Agricultural Transition in Asia
Global agriculture is passing through a distinct phase of transformation as caused by a plethora of endogenous and exogenous factors. A majority of the Asian countries are already caught up in a serious development dilemma, where the sustainable future of agriculture is at stake due to various internal structural contradictions and externally imposed trade or market integration policies. Despite the fact that Asian region has emerged as the ‘powe…
Sustainable development policies and achievements in the context of the agriculture sector in Thailand
Consistent with Agenda 21 and the philosophy of ‘sufficiency economy’, Thailand has pursued sustainable agricultural development policy to complement its pursuit of sustainable national development. Primarily based on secondary information, this study first analyzes the evolving sustainable agricultural development policies, followed by an assessment of the achievements attained, where explanations are provided for the achievement or non‐achievem…
Alternative options of land consolidation in the mountains of Nepal
Impacts and causes of land fragmentation, and lessons learned from land consolidation in South Asia
Fruit Marketing Systems in Asia
Poverty and Resource Degradation Under Different Common Forest Resource Management Systems in the Mountains of Nepal
Different types of forest management systems in the study area are analyzed, followed by an assessment of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) use systems and collection practices under the government and community-managed systems, and their implications for the status of forests and NTFPs. Confronted with severe poverty arising from small landholdings and scarce nonfarming employment opportunities, villagers in the upper portion of the watershed ha…
Profit Gains by Collectors and Traders from Non-timber Forest Products Trading in the Malekukhola Watershed in Nepal
Sustainability Analysis of Ecological and Conventional Agricultural Systems in Bangladesh
Local Organizational Capability for Land Management
Issues in the Conservation and Management of Forests in Laos
Amidst the increasing concern about steadily depleting forests in Laos, this paper examines its causes and existing forest management systems in Sangthong District. Forests in Sangthong were virtually undisturbed until the early 1970s. Guided by customary law, a relatively small local population utilised the forest sustainably for food, fodder, wood fuel and construction materials. Subsequently the government effectively abolished customary law t…
Lessons learned from solid waste management in Kathmandu, Nepal
Participatory Planning Framework for District Development - Amphoe Pakchong, Changwat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Impacts of Emigration on Mountain Watersheds
Confronted with adverse physical conditions, marginal landholdings and scarce non-farming employment opportunities, farmers in the Upper Pokhara Valley had opted for temporary emigration as an alternative strategy for fulfilling their subsistence requirements. This had caused somewhat malign effects on watersheds due to dwindling farm management practices and increasing dependency on common resources. Required is a new approach to watershed manag…
Deforestation in the Upper Pokhara Valley, Nepal
Land settlement in tropical Asia
Resettlement Experiences and Alternatives in Thailand
Problems concerning the resettlement of those made homeless by the construction of dams to create reservoirs in Thailand are considered. The authors attempt "firstly, to examine the rationale for spontaneous and planned resettlement in Thailand. Secondly, the determinants of the success or failure of resettlers are explored with reference to selected planned resettlement projects. Finally, resettlement alternatives for prospective reservoir evacu…
Impacts and causes of land fragmentation, and lessons learned from land consolidation in South Asia
Alternative options of land consolidation in the mountains of Nepal
Sustainable development policies and achievements in the context of the agriculture sector in Thailand
Consistent with Agenda 21 and the philosophy of ‘sufficiency economy’, Thailand has pursued sustainable agricultural development policy to complement its pursuit of sustainable national development. Primarily based on secondary information, this study first analyzes the evolving sustainable agricultural development policies, followed by an assessment of the achievements attained, where explanations are provided for the achievement or non‐achievem…
Sustainability Analysis of Ecological and Conventional Agricultural Systems in Bangladesh
Crop diversification in Thailand
Poverty and Resource Degradation Under Different Common Forest Resource Management Systems in the Mountains of Nepal
Different types of forest management systems in the study area are analyzed, followed by an assessment of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) use systems and collection practices under the government and community-managed systems, and their implications for the status of forests and NTFPs. Confronted with severe poverty arising from small landholdings and scarce nonfarming employment opportunities, villagers in the upper portion of the watershed ha…
Is ‘Better cotton’ better than conventional cotton in terms of input use efficiency and financial performance
Fungibility of Smallholder Agricultural Credit
Status and financial performance of organic vegetable farming in northeast Thailand
Comparative Analysis of Evolution of Participatory Forest Management Institutions in South Asia
In pursuit of sustainable forest conservation, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal have promoted participatory forest management (PFM) approaches such as community forestry, joint forest management, and social forestry. This study assessed these approaches based on policy and legal frameworks, organizational arrangements, and decentralization of authority, which are considered the fundamental requirements for the success of PFM. The findings of …
Agricultural sustainability assessment at provincial level in Pakistan
Sustainability Analysis of Ecotourism on Yao Noi Island, Thailand
This paper examines the sustainability of ecotourism on Yao Noi Island based on nine indicators covering environmental, economic and sociocultural dimensions. Required data were collected through a survey of 178 households using a structured questionnaire and participatory appraisal methods. The findings revealed a majority of local people across income brackets benefited from the employment opportunities generated by ecotourism. However, the con…
Impacts of Emigration on Mountain Watersheds
Confronted with adverse physical conditions, marginal landholdings and scarce non-farming employment opportunities, farmers in the Upper Pokhara Valley had opted for temporary emigration as an alternative strategy for fulfilling their subsistence requirements. This had caused somewhat malign effects on watersheds due to dwindling farm management practices and increasing dependency on common resources. Required is a new approach to watershed manag…
Explaining the de facto open access of public property commons
Lessons learned from solid waste management in Kathmandu, Nepal
Resettlement Experiences and Alternatives in Thailand
Problems concerning the resettlement of those made homeless by the construction of dams to create reservoirs in Thailand are considered. The authors attempt "firstly, to examine the rationale for spontaneous and planned resettlement in Thailand. Secondly, the determinants of the success or failure of resettlers are explored with reference to selected planned resettlement projects. Finally, resettlement alternatives for prospective reservoir evacu…
Land settlement in tropical Asia
Deforestation in the Upper Pokhara Valley, Nepal
Impacts of Emigration on Mountain Watersheds
Confronted with adverse physical conditions, marginal landholdings and scarce non-farming employment opportunities, farmers in the Upper Pokhara Valley had opted for temporary emigration as an alternative strategy for fulfilling their subsistence requirements. This had caused somewhat malign effects on watersheds due to dwindling farm management practices and increasing dependency on common resources. Required is a new approach to watershed manag…
Participatory Planning Framework for District Development - Amphoe Pakchong, Changwat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Issues in the Conservation and Management of Forests in Laos
Amidst the increasing concern about steadily depleting forests in Laos, this paper examines its causes and existing forest management systems in Sangthong District. Forests in Sangthong were virtually undisturbed until the early 1970s. Guided by customary law, a relatively small local population utilised the forest sustainably for food, fodder, wood fuel and construction materials. Subsequently the government effectively abolished customary law t…
Lessons learned from solid waste management in Kathmandu, Nepal
Local Organizational Capability for Land Management
Profit Gains by Collectors and Traders from Non-timber Forest Products Trading in the Malekukhola Watershed in Nepal
Sustainability Analysis of Ecological and Conventional Agricultural Systems in Bangladesh
Fruit Marketing Systems in Asia
Poverty and Resource Degradation Under Different Common Forest Resource Management Systems in the Mountains of Nepal
Different types of forest management systems in the study area are analyzed, followed by an assessment of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) use systems and collection practices under the government and community-managed systems, and their implications for the status of forests and NTFPs. Confronted with severe poverty arising from small landholdings and scarce nonfarming employment opportunities, villagers in the upper portion of the watershed ha…
Impacts and causes of land fragmentation, and lessons learned from land consolidation in South Asia
Alternative options of land consolidation in the mountains of Nepal
Understanding the Next Agricultural Transition in Asia
Global agriculture is passing through a distinct phase of transformation as caused by a plethora of endogenous and exogenous factors. A majority of the Asian countries are already caught up in a serious development dilemma, where the sustainable future of agriculture is at stake due to various internal structural contradictions and externally imposed trade or market integration policies. Despite the fact that Asian region has emerged as the ‘powe…
Sustainable development policies and achievements in the context of the agriculture sector in Thailand
Consistent with Agenda 21 and the philosophy of ‘sufficiency economy’, Thailand has pursued sustainable agricultural development policy to complement its pursuit of sustainable national development. Primarily based on secondary information, this study first analyzes the evolving sustainable agricultural development policies, followed by an assessment of the achievements attained, where explanations are provided for the achievement or non‐achievem…
Comparative Analysis of Evolution of Participatory Forest Management Institutions in South Asia
In pursuit of sustainable forest conservation, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal have promoted participatory forest management (PFM) approaches such as community forestry, joint forest management, and social forestry. This study assessed these approaches based on policy and legal frameworks, organizational arrangements, and decentralization of authority, which are considered the fundamental requirements for the success of PFM. The findings of …
Crop diversification in Thailand
Sustainability Analysis of Ecotourism on Yao Noi Island, Thailand
This paper examines the sustainability of ecotourism on Yao Noi Island based on nine indicators covering environmental, economic and sociocultural dimensions. Required data were collected through a survey of 178 households using a structured questionnaire and participatory appraisal methods. The findings revealed a majority of local people across income brackets benefited from the employment opportunities generated by ecotourism. However, the con…
Status and financial performance of organic vegetable farming in northeast Thailand
Fungibility of Smallholder Agricultural Credit
Explaining the de facto open access of public property commons
Is ‘Better cotton’ better than conventional cotton in terms of input use efficiency and financial performance
Agricultural sustainability assessment at provincial level in Pakistan
Business (20 works) · Economics (19 works) · Geography (18 works) · Agriculture (14 works) · Environmental planning (11 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Environmental Science (8 works) · Natural resource economics (8 works)