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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
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
Rubber
Plantation
Development
in
Tum Ring,
Cambodia
Date: May 2005