Research-praxis integration in South China

The rocky road to implement strategies for sustainable rubber cultivation in the Mekong Region

authored by

Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang, Susanne Hofmann-Souki, Tang Lixia, Gerhard Langenberger, Georg Cadisch, Konrad Martin, Marc Cotter, Manuel Krauss, Hermann Waibel

Abstract

The Sino-German project “SURUMER: Sustainable rubber cultivation in the Mekong region” is looking for “…an integrative, applicable, and stakeholdervalidated concept for sustainable rubber cultivation” in Xishuangbanna region, South-west China. In order to at least partially implement solutions for problems of the complex rubber-dominated land use situation, project partners are testing a holistic approach to research-practice-integration which combines profound scientific analyses with a range of activities to enhance interaction and collaborative learning amongst stakeholders (i.e., practitioners and reseachers).

Organisation(s)

Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics

External Organisation(s)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
China Agricultural University
University of Hohenheim
University of Stuttgart

Type

Conference contribution

Pages

1343

No. of pages

1

Publication date

2017

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 15 - Life on Land