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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 

1.1 Background 

1.2 Policy Problem  

1.3 Purpose of the Study 

CHAPTER TWO: METHODOLOGY 

2.1 Desk Studies 

2.2 Fieldwork 

2.3 Household Survey 

2.4 Trend Analysis 

2.5 Key Informant Interviews 

2.6 Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH FINDINGS 

3.1 Impacts of the Rubber Plantation 

   3.1.1 Previous reports on the impacts of rubber plantation 

   3.1.2 People’s livelihoods prior to and after the rubber plantation 

   3.1.3 Impacts on people’s domestic animals 

   3.1.4 People displacement

   3.1.5 Trend analysis 

3.2 Issues of Implementation of the Rubber Plantation 

   3.2.1 Compensation for land lost to the rubber plantation 

   3.2.2 Land redistribution for the rubber plantation 

   3.2.3 Using the three hectares of land 

   3.2.4 ‘Family scale rubber plantation’ in Tum Ring 

3.3 Stakeholders’ Perspective on the Rubber Plantation 

   3.3.1 Assistant Sandan District Chief

   3.3.2 Tum Ring commune chief

   3.3.3 Village chiefs in Tum Ar, Samrong and Ronteah 

   3.3.4 Rural Poor Family Development (RPFD)

   3.3.5 The local people 

3.4 Cost- Benefit Analysis 

   3.4.1 Cambodian rubber market

   3.4.2 Trend in real rubber price in Malaysia 

   3.4.3 Measuring costs of option 1 and 2 

   3.4.4 Measuring benefits of option 1 and 2 

   3.4.5 Comparison of net present value (NPV) of option 1 and 2 

   3.4.6 Sensitivity of rubber prices 

3.5 Discussion 

CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

4.1 Conclusions

4.2 Recommendations

References and persons interviewed  

Appendix 1 Negative and Positive Household Livelihood Effects 

Appendix 2 Using the Three Hectare Land 

Appendix 3 People’s Opinions on the Rubber Plantation Development

Appendix 4 Assumption and Base Line Calculation 

Appendix 5 Estimation of Real Price SMR 20 in Malaysia, 1984 to 2003 

Appendix 6 Annual Average Price of SMR 20 and Rubber 

Appendix 7 Cost-benefit of Upland Cultivation and Resin Tree 

Appendix 8 Cost- Benefit of the Rubber Plantation 

Appendix 9 NPV1 of Option 1 Foregone for the Rubber Plantation 

Appendix 10 Household Interview Guide 

Appendix 11 Village Chief Interview Guide 

Appendix 12 Commune Chief Interview Guide 

Appendix 13 Rural Poor Family Development Interview Guide

Appendix 14 Tum Ring Rubber Company Interview Guide 

Appendix 15 Chup Rubber Company Interview Guide 

 

 

 

A

Study

of

the

Impacts

of

Rubber

Plantation

Development

in

Tum Ring,

Cambodia

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Date: May 2005