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Résumé :
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The present study constitutes the findings of the first phase of the research programme on agricultural dynamics and water management in the central plain of Thailand carried out by the DORAS project. This first phase in an identification study designed to provide an overview ot the region and to meet the following objectives : to assess the overall diversity of situations and to identifiy the main contrasts especially regarding cropping systems and water control conditions ; to identify the main problems and dynamics and to establish an initial grading of their main determinants ; to provide guidance for the choice of representative areas for the detailed research, surveys and monitoring of the second phase of the project ; to involve researchers form different disciplines in a participative and interdisciplinary approach of the region ; to set up an extensive documentation about the Central Plain, including books, papers, thesis, statistics, data base and a Geographic Information System (GIS).
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