Oct-21-2017, JSTA122@Kagawa Univ.

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Tibet

BHUTAN

Assam(IND) W.B.(IND)

A.P.(IND)

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Thimphu

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un/kamzhing

arin/chuzhing

Distribution of wet land and dry land

Total

Area(ac) Percent

Cultivated 96.8 62.0

Abandoned 59.4 38.0

Total 156.2 100

Wet land

Area(ac) Percent

Cultivated 58.4 87.2

Abandoned 8.6 12.8

Total 67.0 100

Dry land

Area(ac) Percent

Cultivated 38.4 42.0

Abandoned 53.0 58.0

Total 91.4 100 Abandoned dry land

Abandoned wet land

Area and Percentage of cultivated

and abandoned farmland

Abandoned wet land(2014~)

Abandoned dry land(ca.2005~) Abandoned dry land(ca.1993~)

~1999 2000~04 2005~09 2010~ n/a

Wet land(ac) 0 3.5 1.8 2.1 1.2 8.6

Dry land(ac) 10.9 4.7 15.4 11.2 10.8 53.0

YearTotalLand type

Member Status Frequency Percent

Present 330 56.6

Absent 253 43.4

Total 583 100.0

Woman harvesting paddy alone(Radhi,2015)

Population pyramid in Bhutan(2005)* and Studied Household in Phongmey(2017)

* source: Population & Housing Census of Bhutan 2005

0-14 15-59 60+

Population 79 198 47 324

Percent 24.4 61.1 14.5 100

Population 209,969 380,704 44,309 634,982

Percent 33.1 60.0 7.0 100

Study Hhs(Phongmey)

Bhutan*

AgeTotal

Cultivated major cereal crops in dry land, 2016 (n=56)

Frequency

(household)Percent

Maize 53 94.6

Wheat 11 19.6

Barley 9 16.1

Buckwheat 6 10.7

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