Resumen

PHYOE WAY, May. Assessment of Socioeconomic Situation and Analysis of Farming Systems in the Cyclone Affected Region Case study (Bogale, Myanmar). CienciAgro [online]. 2009, vol.1, n.4, pp. 157-164. ISSN 2072-1404.

This study has been done in the cyclone affected region with aims of assessment the socioeconomic situations of the vulnerable farmers after Nargis event and recommendation of the best farming system from economic point of view and environmental maintenances. It was assumed that if the fields are flooded with sea water, yield of crop will be reduced and this soil is needed to be remedied. There were two problems in the area. Currently, all the fields were flooded with sea water due to cyclone occurred in May, 2008 and another problem was seasonal sea water intrusion into the rivers. Studying the map of the salinity isogenic line for the division where study area belongs to said that sea water comes to the rivers and tributaries periodically respecting to the regions. Therefore cropping patterns and type of crop have to be relied on this situation. After Nargis, yield of rice have reduced 19.25% in monsoon rice production and 22.75% in summer rice in the northern portion whereas 43.75% of yield of monsoon rice have reduced in the middle portion. It was found that crop production was risky and farmers were not using the resources of land and labor effectively. Farming systems which increase land and labor efficiency were proposed in the study. It was assumed that by increasing the efficiency of resources use, farmers' income will be increased. As to the result, farming system 5 of Rice-pulses and duck farming needs the highest number of labors but it gives highest income to first three small farmer groups not to the biggest farmer group. Farming system 2 of double rice gives the highest income for the biggest group of farmers. Analyzed data has been showed that labors are still surplus for all of these farming systems in the all type of farmers groups except in the biggest farmers group (owned more than 8.09 ha) in the middle portion.

Palabras llave : Myanmar; Cyclone Nargis; sea water intrusion; rice filed, farmers' income; farming.