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Chapter 1 THE DAN LAI IN CON CUONG DISTRICT
1.1 Introduction
The Dan Lai is a small population group in the Pu Mat Region but they play a crucial role inconservation management of the Park. Originally, the Dan Lai had lived around Khe Khang, Khe
Choang, Khe Moi and Khe Thoi, which are now in the CZ of the Park. This chapter describes
their origins and settlement history, as well their current socio-economic conditions to provide an
in-depth analysis of the long standing interactions between the Dan Lai and conservation
management. This chapter also examines two Dan Lai Resettlement Projects to determine the
key factors responsible for the successes and failures of these projects. Overall, Chapter 7
provides basic information about the Dan Lai in Con Cuong District for a deeper explanation of
how the Resettlement Project was undertaken (the second objective) and to evaluate how the
Resettlement Projects have impacted on development and conservation (the third objective) in
Chapters 8-11.
1.2 Data sources
The data this chapter comes from four main sources:
(1) four group interviews with village leaders and four GDs in the researched villages;(2) key informant interviews in Chau Khe Commune, DRNEZ of the Nghe An Province, Con
Cuong District;
(3) databases and reports of the Project NA/97/0361;
(4) unpublished reports of theProject on Transboundary Resources Management in Vietnam2.The GDs in the four researched groups provides details about the origins and settlement history
of the Dan Lai in Con Cuong Districts (see Appendixs 5.5-5.8). It provides information about
their lives before the first consolidation and resettlement in 1958. The participants also relayed
how the first consolidation and resettlement were conducted in 1958. Many participants in the
1See Section 5.2.22 These were reports of the EWC-CRES Research Project on Transboundary Resources Management in Vietnamsupported by The Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,edited by A. Terry Rambo, Le Trong Cuc, Dao Trong Hung, and Tran Duc Vien.
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Resettlement Projects was written based on these GDs and key informants in the Dan Lai
Community.
1.3 The origins and settlement history of the Dan Lai in Con Cuong District
There are many ethnological arguments about the origins and classification of the Dan Lai. In a
meeting of representatives of ethnic minority groups in Nghe An in 1973, the Dan Lai group was
ranked as a sub-group of the Tho (Dang and Nguyen, 1985a). In 1978, the Institute of
Ethnography proposed the Dan Lai be classified as a separately named minority group in their
own right (Dang, 1985a). According to Dangs system, the Dan Lai are ranked as a sub-group of
the Tho (Dang and Nguyen, 1985b). However, Dang further noted that there are greater
differences between sub-groups of the Tho (Keo, Mon, and Dan Lai-Ly Ha) than between the
sub-groups of the others such as the Muong or Viet. According to the system of the Committee
for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas of Nghe An Province, the Dan Lai are a sub-group
of the Tho. In recent times this classification has been confirmed in official statements and legal
documents3 that refer to the Dan Lai as Tho (Dang, 2004b).
Nevertheless, Dan Lai have their own language, distinguished from Thai and Vietnamese
language groups. This means that the Dan Lai are a special minority group in Vietnam, notably
in Nghe An Province. The Dan Lai-Ly Ha people in Nghe An Province and the Tay Cham, TayPum, Tay Tum, and Tay Hung people in neigbouring Cam Muoi Province in Lao PDR are
supposed to belong to one group (Dang and Nguyen, 1985b).
Just as the classification of the Dan Lai is a controversial issue, there are also many different
hypotheses about their settlement history in Con Cuong District. However, it is agreed that the
Dan Lai have lived in Con Cuong since around the eleventh and twelfth centuries. They are
considered the first people in this area, preceding the Thai people, who arrived around the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (Nguyen, 1983b, Dang and Nguyen, 1985a, Dang, 2004b,Nguyen, 1993b).
3 Legal documents were issued by the GOV or Nghe An Province such as Decision No. 84/2006/QD-UBND ofNghe An Provincial PC on policies to preserve and develop the traditional cultures of ethnic minority groups inNghe An Province (2006).
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One legend that is still popular in the Dan Lai Community is that the the Dan LaiLy Ha people
were one group of Viet Muong who fled from their home village in Thanh Chuong to settle
down in the Khe Khang area. The names Dan Lai and Ly Ha were the ancient names of two
branches of the Lam River in Thanh Chuong District.
Figure 7.1 Official ethnological ranking of the Dan Lai among 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam
(based on above literature (Nguyen, 1983b, Dang and Nguyen, 1985a, Dang, 2004b, Nguyen,1993b))
Ninh Viet Giao, drawing on other legends collected in Nghi Loc District (in Nghe An Province),
supposed that the Dan Lai originated as a group of Kinh who escaped from the heavy taxes under
the feudal system. This group of people moved from an ancient village named Dan Lai to the
mountainous area of the Pu Mat Region where they now reside (Ninh Viet Giao 1985 in (Dang,
1985b, Dang and Nguyen, 1985b)).
Another story of the origin of the Dan Lai-Ly Ha in Con Cuong is that the Dan Lai-Ly Ha
derived from the combination of two groups, the Dan Lai and the Ly Ha. The ancestors of the
Dan Lai were living along streams in deep forest near the Viet-Lao border for a long time before
the Ly Ha group arrived. As in the first origin story above, this group of Dan Lai people moved
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from Thanh Chuong to this area. The Ly Ha group came later and Le Ha and Ly No were the
names of two village leaders. They had to leave their home villages to find new land. They
followed the Giang River up to Khe Khang, where they met the Dan Lai Community. The local
people helped the newcomers with their needs and the newcomers joined this community.
Descendants of Le Ha grew and become the Ly Ha people. Living in the Dan Lai Community,
their cultural characteristics such as language and traditional customs were affected (Dang and
Nguyen, 1985b).
This story is supported by the existence of two main family names in the Dan Lai Community
Le (Ly Ha) and La (Dan Lai). Also the Le family group still has distinctive customs and
traditions such as marriages and funeral ceremonies. According to Mr. Hoa Le, written family
records of the Ly Ha in Con Cuong go back about seven to eight generations. Until only a fewyears ago, marriages were not allowed between people who have the Le family name.
In summary, the vast majority of the people in the community are Dan Lai, who have the La
family name. The Ly Ha group includes people who arrived in the past seven to eight
generations, and these have the Le family name. There are also some Tay Poong families in the
community who have the Vieng family name.
1.4 Distribution of the Dan Lai in Con Cuong District
The Dan Lai belong to a special ethnic minority group in Vietnam and they exist only in Con
Cuong District (although some live in the Lao PDR having moved back and forth across the
border). For many generations they have lived separately from mainstream society in deep forest,
depending on swidden agriculture and hunting and gathering. After consolidation and
resettlement in 1958, the Dan Lai started to have greater access to and communication with other
groups of people in the district. However, most Dan Lai villages are still located in remote and
isolated areas.
According to the Statistics Unit of Con Cuong District (2005), there are 3,172 Dan Lai living in
20 villages in six communes in Con Cuong District (Table 7.2). The majority of the Dan Lai now
live in the Khe Khang area in Tan Son-Cua Rao, Ban Moi, Chau Son, and Khe Bu Villages.
They are also mixed with Thai and Kinh people in another 13 villages. There are 993 people of
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working age (excluding villages in Chi Khe Commune for which labour force data are lacking).
On average each family has 4.63 people and 1.61 workers (see Error: Reference source not
found).
Over their history of settlement, the Dan Lai have moved and lived in groups of between four toten families along four large streams and their tributaries: Khe Khang, Khe Choang, Khe Moi,
and Khe Thoi. The current distribution of the Dan Lai in the Pu Mat Region has been affected by
three main movements (Figure 7.2). This figure summarises information about the movement of
Dan Lai Communities since 1958, reconstructed from two rounds of GDs in the Dan Lai villages
during the two periods of fieldwork
Table 7.2 Demographic Data on the Dan Lai in Con Cuong
No. Commune/Village No. offamilies
Population No. of females No. ofworkers
Lang Khe commune 42 198 90 90
1 Khe Thoi Village 24 108 50 482 Huoi Mac Village 18 90 40 36Mon Son commune 228 1,117 482 442
3 Thai Son Village 11 52 31 194 Tan Son Village 16 99 46 325 Cua Rao Village 21 105 53 496 Lang Yen Village 1 6 4 27 Co Phat Village 98 478 173 1828 Khe Bung Village 81 377 175 158
Yen Khe commune 22 104 35 359 Trung Huong Village 6 35 10 2110 Trung Chinh Village 16 69 25 4Chi Khe commune 7 28 13 No data
11 Lam Dinh Village 5 17 8 No data12 Tong Chai Village 1 7 3 No data13 Chan Nan Village 1 4 2 No dataLuc Da commune 65 229 112 101
14 Ban Moi Village 65 229 112 101Chau Khe commune 328 1,524 615 341
15 Chau Son Village 175 737 278 15716 Chau Dinh Village 21 86 42 28
17 Ban Xat Village 2 8 3 618 Ban Diem Village 1 2 1 219 Ban Na Village 4 21 7 820 Ban Bu Village 125 670 284 140Total 685 3,172 993*Source: Statistics Unit of Con Cuong District 2005
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First, the settlement and development program launched in 1958 to settle nomadic populations
into stable villages consolidated the Dan Lai into six stable villages near their ancestral land: Khe
Thoi, Khe Nong, Khe Bu, Khe Thin, Co Phat and Co Nghiu.
Second, subsequent resettlement programs after 1958 encouraged the Dan Lai to move to moredeveloped areas. From the Khe Khang area, part of the population moved out and formed Tan
Thanh Village around 1962, then in 2003 other groups moved to Tan Son and Cua Rao Villages.
From Khe Nong Village, people moved out to form Chau Son Village in 1976.
Third, some of the Dan Lai who had been displaced to the new sites returned to their old lands.
These groups include a group of people from Co Phat and Khe Bung who came back to Khe
Bong in the Khe Vang area; a group of people from Chau Son Village who came back to the Khe
Nong area and formed Khe Nong sub-village; and a group of people from Khe Moi Village who
returned to Khe Thin Village and formed Khe Thin sub-village (See Figure 7.2).
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Figure 7.2 Three main movements of the Dan Lai in the Con Cuong District
1.5 The first consolidation and resettlement of the Dan Lai in 19584
Before the 1958 consolidation and resettlement, the Dan Lai had lived and moved around the
Khe Khang and Khe Choang rivers and their upper branches in groups of 4-10 families, deep in
the forest and isolated from the mainstream of Vietnamese society. During their movements they
sometimes travelled into Laos. The Dan Lai were viewed by the dominant society as the most
backward ethnic minority in the North of Vietnam (Dang and Nguyen, 1985b, Nguyen, 1983a,
Nguyen, 1993a). They had lived separately from mainstream society in deep forest, depending
on swidden agriculture and hunting and gathering as shifting cultivation, gathering and hunting,
using simple tools. For example, they caught fish by hand or noose and used fire and wooden
spears for hunting game. Because they lived in isolated areas, their living standard was low(Nguyen, 1993a, Nguyen, 1983a, Dang, 1985b).
1.5.1 Implementation of the first consolidation and resettlement
In 1958 the Dan Lai were encouraged for development purposes to consolidate and resettle into
stable villages near their traditional lands. Following the 1958 program, people who lived in the
Khe Thoi region founded Khe Thoi Village in what is now Lang Khe Commune. The second
group included people who lived in the Khe Choang region and some families from the Khe
Khang area who moved and established Bu-Na Village and Khe Nong Village (the first
movement in the Figure 7.2). Then Bu-Na Village separated into two villages Khe Bu and Khe
Na with Khe Bu Village having a majority of Dan Lai while Khe Na Village included Thai and
some Dan Lai (Village Separation in the Figure 7.2). The third group included people who lived
along the source streams of the Khe Moi River, who formed Khe Moi Village. The fourth and
largest group of the Dan Lai, who had lived in the Khe Khang area, founded three villages in
what is now the CZ of PMNP.
This consolidation and resettlement program for the Dan Lai needs to be seen in the context of
what was happening in Vietnam as whole. This was a difficult time for Vietnam. The country
was liberated and founded in 1945 but was at war with the French during the period 1945-1954.
4 Information and data on the first consolidation and resettlement come from two rounds of group discussions andinterviews with key informants in four researched groups.
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As a result of colonisation and war, the country was very poor and natural resources were
exhausted. More than 9 million Vietnamese died of starvation in 1945 (just before liberation).
Hence the first consolidation and resettlement was implemented with very little support as the
consolidation and resettlement below.
After the defeat of the French, the social and political system was reformed. Villages and
communes were founded in rural areas for agricultural development. As part of this process, the
Dan Lai who had been living in dispersed locations in the Pu Mat Region were consolidated into
six stable villages, as described. Around 1958 the communities were provided with few
government agents including commune or district cadres, teachers, and border policemen. These
agents were given responsibility to organize the Dan Lai into villages and help them improve
their livelihoods. At that time, the agents had few resources and they received little or noallowance or salary from their agencies. They came to live with the communities and worked to
earn their living, following the slogan eat together, live together with local people (In
Vietnamese is n cng dn, cng dn). This slogan was very popular at that time (group
discussion).
To be successful, responsible government officers had to fully understand local people by
sharing the disadvantages as well as the benefits of local life. They lived in the community for a
long time and came to be considered as local people. Locals called them cn b5, which has asimilar meaning to officials, cadres or staff. Hence the officers became fully acquainted with the
customs and traditions of the Dan Lai. With the participation of the people in the resettlement
process, they chose settlement areas for the new consolidated villages, normally areas with
potential for agricultural development and suitable for scattered groups of people to gather in.
Gradually other families who still lived separately at that time voluntarily joined these organized
villages. The first six villages were founded in their traditional lands, which were near water
resources and rich forest. Given these implementation strategies, consolidation and resettlement
avoided placing the affected people in a passive and perplexed position, which is common in
organised Resettlement Projects as described by Scudder (Scudder, 1991) and Cernea (Cernea,
5Originally it was used for people who were working for the government. Normally these were staff working atcommune, district, or central government levels who came to work in the village. Recently this word has come to beused for all people from other organisations and government.
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2000) (Section 3.4). Moreover, the Dan Lai Villages received constant support and extension to
improve their livelihoods after movement into the new sites, which are essential for any
Resettlement Project (Section 4.3). For social articulation, their village structure was formed and
linked to the wider society. Regarding agricultural development, the Dan Lai people learnt
sedentary farming technique from Thai and Kinh people to improve productivity and diversify
their income sources.
1.5.2 Assistances after consolidation and resettlement into stable villages
After the first sedentary resettlement, the Dan Lai jointed mainstream of society and inside each
communities a social fabric was formed and developed with assistance of responsible agencies.
Before 1958, the Dan Lai had a spontaneous and fragile social structure since they lived
dispersed with a shifting life6 in small groups of 4-10 families. After founding villages, agenciesand local people organized village structures following the standard of the Vietnamese
Government and founded basic organizations.
In addition, regulations were set for grazing, forest exploitation and village development
planning. For livestock development, for example the village established regulations for grazing,
allocated communal lands for gazing and organised a group of people to herd buffalo and big
cattle. These forms of organization optimised labour allocation and strengthened the social
fabric. Through these activities, the community structure was enhanced. Regarding interactions
with the wider society, these villages formally joined the administrative system as a basic unit
(Figure 7.4). From this resettlement, interactions between the Dan Lai and other groups of people
were formed and have subsequently been improved.
During the first consolidation and resettlement, human capacity was strengthened and for the
first time the Dan Lai could access education. The local administration organized education
classes that followed the illiteracy elimination7campaign, which was popular in Vietnam at
that time. This was the first time the Dan Lai could access formal education. The first classes
have been considered as the most successful education and since then many of the Dan Lai can
6 As old people reported, they lived in groups of 4-10 familie, and did not have village leaders.7 In Vietnamese this is Xa m This campaign was very popular at that time. In Vietnam after the AugustRevolution in 1945 and after peace in 1954, the Vietnamese Government managed to eliminate hunger and illiteracyas they called gic i, gic dt. Hunger and illiteracy were seen as enemies.
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read and write. In the first program of consolidation and resettlement, capacity strengthening
were emphasised and the Dan Lai benefited from this.
The most important achievement following the first consolidation and resettlement was
agricultural development, which greatly improved their livelihoods. With the assistance of localgovernment agents, the Dan Lai villages were incorporated in the formal administrative system,
as described above. This new social articulation and stable life allowed the Dan Lai to access
innovations in cultivation to improve and diversify their on-farm incomes. After resettlement,
they adopted settled cultivation practices instead of relying primarily on shifting cultivation and
hunting and gathering. The first irrigation system was built in Co Phat Village and the Dan Lai
learned to plant paddy rice from the Kinh and Thai. For their hill farms, new higher-yielding
varieties of maize were introduced. In the 1960s, cassava was introduced and proved suitable forthe Dan Lai since it does not need fertile land, requires little labour and technical inputs, and can
be grown in both new and old farms. With newly introduced techniques and available land, the
Dan Lai obtained higher productivity in cultivation. Participants described this as the period in
which the Dan Lai had the highest living standard and claimed that they could produce
enough food for themselves and even had surplus food.
The consolidated Dan Lai Communities also achieved great improvements in animal husbandry
parallel with crop development. Before 1958, they used to keep dogs, poultry, and a few familieshad pigs. After 1958, buffaloes and cattle were introduced for savings, food, and draught power.
Living in forested areas with extensive grazing areas, large ruminants performed well and
contributed an important part of their economic development. Stable village life also allowed the
development of raising pig, which became a principal source of cash income.
Moreover, the co-operative economic system established in the North at that time seemed suited
to the situation of the Dan Lai. This regime allowed them slowly to get used to the mainstream
economy and to avoid competition for which they were not well prepared. For example, the local
people raised pigs and then sold them directly to the commune without market competition.
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1.5.3 Reasons for the success of the 1958 resettlement and consolidation
The first consolidation and resettlement of the Dan Lai in the late 1950s and early 1960s is
regarded as a successful resettlement program, leading to innovation in both social structure and
economic development by both the Dan Lai and the local government. This is reason why theDan Lai still highly appreciate the local government and strongly believe in the policies,
guidelines of the government. Results from surveys showed that five main factors that
contributed to the success of the first resettlement program.
(1) The Dan Lai changed from a mobile to a stable settlement pattern
Resettlement led to a consolidated and stable village settlement which proved a prerequisite for
further developments in the communities. The Dan Lai moved from reliance on shiftingcultivation and hunting and gathering to permanent agriculture and inherited new technologies
from more developed groups in the region. The new villages joined the wider society and this is
one of essential factors for successful resettlement (Section 3.4).
(2) Full participation and involvement in the early stages
The affected people fully participated in the early stages of planning and implementation. Many
authors claim this can prevent a passive and dependent situation, which leads to potential riskssuch as a negative psychology and social marginalization (Section 3.4).
(3) Choice of new sites
Full participation in the early stages allowed the affected people and agencies to collaborate in
choosing suitable sites for resettlement. The Dan Lai were resettled in areas which were similar
to and not far from their traditional lands. This relocation did not create significant changes in
their life, therefore reducing a passive and perplexed feeling among the affected people. Manyauthors identify the need for new sites to be traditionally and culturally familiar (Section 3.4).
(4) Appropriate resources
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Although affected people received very little material support, they were provided with better
land. Instead of facing the risk of landlessness, which is the most serious and common risk in any
resettlement (Section 3.4), the affected peopled had more and better land because the available
land at that time meant they could be allocated paddy land as well as land for hill farming.
(5) Constant support after movement
The most important factor behind the apparent success was that the affected people were
constantly supported after they moved to improve their livelihoods. With assistance from the
responsible authorities, the project could achieve a multiplier effect, which, according to
(Scudder, 1991), is one advantage of organized resettlement when the development plan is
coordinated with regional plans. The resettled communities were integrated with and received
help from more developed groups in the region, especially to improve their low productivity
agricultural system. They also gained more income sources since they could still make use of
forest products and shifting cultivation as well as having more wetland for agricultural
development.
1.6 Resettlement from Khe Nong to Chau Son in 1973-768
This section introduces the resettlement of the Dan Lai from Khe Nong to Chau Son Village in
1973-76. This resettlement is used to evaluate the effects of the Resettlement Project on
development and conservation in the long-term. Khe Nong Village was founded around 1958-
1960 in the first consolidation and resettlement program. In 1973, the Dan Lai in Khe Nong
Village resettled to Chau Son Village.
In the first consolidation and resettlement program around 1958, some families, who had lived in
the Khe Nong region and eight families, who had lived in the Khe Khang area were consolidated
and resettled in Khe Nong Village. As with other villages in the first resettlement, the Dan Lai inKhe Nong Village had a relatively high living standard. The farmers had abundant paddy land. It
8 Information and data on this Resettlement Project come from group discussions in Chau Son Village and interviewwith key informants. This is especially group interviews with Mr. La Van Hiem, Mr. La Van Duyen and Mr. La VanKy. In addition Mr. La Van Bon provided information and data on both the Dan Lai people in Khe Khang and KheChoang area. GDs focused on ten main themes (more detail in Appendix 5.12).
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was claimed that the farmers only cultivated about 10 ha in total 12 ha of available paddy land
at that time.
Available grazing areas allowed them have many buffaloes. At that time 36 households in Khe
Nong owned about 300 buffaloes. Almost all families had enough rice and some families had afood surplus. They also had a many pigs and other livestock. Local informants stated that at that
time they could produce more than the allocated target for pigs and were rewarded as an
excellent (qyuet thang) village. In Khe Nong the Dan Lai also had supplementary incomes
from forest exploitation. In the late 1960s they started logging timber for the Con Cuong SFEs.
As a result, the Dan Lai in Khe Nong had the highest living standard in Chau Khe Commune at
that time and a better living standard than local people in Khe Bu.
1.6.1 The Resettlement Projects implementation
In 1973, following an instruction from the local government at district and commune levels, 36
households moved from Khe Nong to Khe Canh. However, this site was not permanently settled.
After three years in Khe Canh, the Dan Lai moved to a site near the Chau Khe Commune centre,
which is now Chau Son Village (Figure 7.2). These people and some Kinh households from 2nd
September Village (named after Vietnams National Day) combined to form Chau Son Village.
As with the first resettlement, the affected people from Khe Nong received very little support andcompensation from government agencies. Support was mainly in the form of communal or
public assets needed for the village to function: a village meeting hall (also used as a nursery)
and a small store; 6 tables, 20 chairs, and two wardrobes for document storing. For livestock
development, the Dan Lai were provided with one buffalo, eight cows and one ox cart. Khe Hoi
Dam was constructed in 1980 to irrigate for paddy land along the Khe Hoi stream. Two simple
machines for roofing tile production were provided which aimed to produce off-farm income
sources. However, the Dan Lai could not use these because they could not find a market 9, had no
materials and lacked the necessary skilled workers. The resettled people were also not officially
compensated for resettlement; they received support in terms of food but only for a few months.
9 The local people have lived in houses on stilts with thatched roofs. Recently, only Kinh people construct tiled-roofhouses.
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All the people in the village shared two wells. The host people helped them to build some small
temporary houses or huts.
The Resettlement Project was not carefully planned and implemented and it seems that the
relevant agencies did not have the same opinion and agreement before the project was launched.The Dan Lai were moved from Khe Nong to Chau Son Village because some local cadres were
of the opinion that it was good for development to move these people from a remote to a more
developed area. The agencies did not even identify the new site for the affected people, which is
why they moved initially to Khe Canh and then had to move again to Chau Son. During this
period, not only were the displaced people unclear about the resettlement plan but the
responsible officials were passive about the plan and its implementation. Old village leaders
described the resettlement process in the following summary:
First some cadres announced that we would be moved to near the centralcommune. We came to the Khe Canh area and found that there was nothing there:no host people, no houses, no farms. We came to the Chau Khe Communeheadquarters and asked the cadres there to build a hall and something for thevillage but they advised us to wait. And then we received an instruction fromChau Khe Commune to move to Chau Son..
This neglect continued to occur after they moved to Chau Son Village. The newcomers were not
allocated land for cultivation. The first official support in the form of a meeting hall was built
two years after the Dan Lai settled in Chau Son Village.
During this resettlement process, the Dan Lai experienced many disadvantages and the unclear
situation made them confused. As a consequence, some of the families decided to return to their
traditional lands. In 1982, fifteen families from Chau Son returned to Khe Nong where they had
their old houses. According to informants, after one month they were forced to move back to
Chau Son under instruction from the Chau Khe Commune. In 1989, twenty households from
Chau Son returned to Khe Nong (Figure 7.2). They stayed there and the population had increased
to 33 households by the time of fieldwork in 2006. Since then, Chau Son Village has been
divided into two sub-villages about 25 or 18 km apart. The families, who returned to old village
in Khe Nong, administratively belongs to Chau Son Village.
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1.6.2 The Resettlement Projects objectives
Regarding the objectives of this resettlement, I could not find the projects original documents
because it was carried out about 30 years ago. Other secondary documents and cadres at Chau
Khe Commune and Con Cuong District suggested that the primary objective of the ResettlementProject was to facilitate the development of the Dan Lai. However, as discussed above, the Dan
Lai in Khe Nong Village had the highest living standard in the Chau Khe Commune at that time.
In addition, the Dan Lai in Khe Nong and Khe Khang played crucial roles in timber exploitation
for the Con Cuong SFEs (Sections 6.7.3, 8.4 and 11.4). Illegal logging for the private sector did
not occurd at that time. Therefore, it is not logical to conclude that the resettlement was done to
improve the livelihoods of the local people or to protect high value timber in Khe Nong at that
time.
Key informants in Chau Son Village claimed that the local government wanted to move the Dan
Lai to Chau Son for easier administrative management. They supposed that the responsible
cadres simply thought that the first consolidation and resettlement had successfully improved the
affected peoples livelihoods. It was believed that it would be much better to move the Dan Lai
from remote and isolated areas to more developed areas in order to improve their livelihoods. In
summary, it seems that the Resettlement Project to move the Dan Lai from Khe Nong to Chau
Son Village did not have clear objectives and neither was it carefully prepared or implemented.
1.6.3 Consequences of the resettlement
The Resettlement Project negatively impacted on the livelihoods of the Dan Lai in Chau Son
Village. In the new site, there was not enough land for their traditional shifting cultivation nor
suitable conditions for paddy cultivation. The responsible agencies had planned that the people
would change from shifting cultivation to permanent cultivation of paddy land. However, no
irrigation system was built to provide water for the development of paddy farms. The affected
people were also not properly trained in the new technologies required to change to permanent
cultivation.
Meanwhile, the population significantly increased. The Dan Lai in Chau Son Village did not
have enough hill land to practise traditional forest rotation. As described in Chapter 6 (Error:
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Reference source not found), the fallow system required at least three times the area under
cultivation. Despite this the Dan Lai still practised shifting cultivation but the situation was
aggravated because they could not access suitable techniques for cultivation in the uplands where
they were settled. Informants state that the land only had enough fertility for the first years of
cropping, corresponding to the first period in a shifting cultivation rotation. However, because
the population increased they had to continue to cultivate the areas which should have been
rested for several years in order to regenerate. As a consequence, the land continued to get poorer
and the Dan Lai could not produce enough food for themselves. Since 2000, the Chau Khe
Commune has allocated 92 ha of hill farm, which is about 18km way from the village for
cultivation. Now the arable land surrounding the village is highly degraded with almost all
surface soil washed away and soil containing about 40% gravel (Figure 7.3).
Figure 7.3 Agro-forestry garden land in Chau Son Village contains high rates of sand and pebble
Livelihoods declined in other ways as well. The Dan Lai sold their buffaloes and cows to buyfood and other items such as radios and bicycles. In Khe Nong they had about 300 buffaloes but
in the new site they were left with very few buffaloes and cattle. They were provided with two
simple machines for making roofing tiles in order to generate additional income. However, this
attempt to create extra employment did not work as there was no market for the tiles. Hence the
living standards of the Dan Lai in Chau Son dropped from the highest level in the commune
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before resettlement to such a low level that they were regarded as a problem village, requiring
annual support because of poor food security. The affected people have needed a long time to
overcome the adverse impacts of this resettlement. Only since 2003, around 30 years after
resettlement, has this population showed some signs of overcoming their problems and
improving their situation.
The resettlement of the Dan Lai from Khe Nong to Chau Son was unsuccessful because of
improper planning and implementation. Results from surveys suggested that four main factors
impacted on the projects successes. First, ambiguous planning made not only the affected
people but also the responsible cadres perplexed and passive. The Dan Lai were relocated to a
central area among different ethnic groups without any preparation. This situation made them
feel marginal and confused. Second, the affected people were displaced twice in a short timebecause of uncertainty about the new sites. The literature indicates that affected people need at
least 2-5 years to adapt to a new site (Section 3.4). In this case, the evidence from livelihood
surveys suggested that in such circumstance the risks of resettlement are increased manyfold.
Third, the responsible agencies failed to provide appropriate land for the affected people and
access to diversified income sources. Finally, the affected people were not given any support to
adjust to their new home after relocation.
1.7 Lessons from previous Resettlement Programs
The history of resettlement of the Dan Lai in Con Cuong District since 1958 provides a number
of lessons. First, the Dan Lai is a distinct group with a strong communal structure and culture.
Experience from Resettlement Projects indicates that it would have been better to organise the
Dan Lai into separate villages. When one group was mixed with Thai people in Tan Thanh
Village, the village subsequently divided into Thai Son and Tan Thanh Villages. Dan Lai from
Khe Khang were grouped with some Thai people to found Bu-Na Village but then divided into
two villages, with the Dan Lai in Khe Bu Village and the Thai in Khe Na Village. Similarly, in
Chau Son, the Dan Lai from Khe Nong Village and some Kinh people from Second of
September Village combined and established Chau Son Village in 1976. Later, Chau Son Village
separated into the Kinh Village of Khe Choang and the Dan Lai Village of Chau Son (Village
Separation in the Figure 7.2).
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As clearly expressed in GDs in Chau Son and Tan Son-Cua Rao, the Dan Lai feel more confident
to have their own village leaders. This has been confirmed by much research which argues for
the need for a similar culture and traditions between the displaced and receiving communities;
the need for compatibility of the characteristic traditions of the host people and newcomers; and
that the prospect of potential marginalisation and social disarticulation should be carefully
considered in any resettlement (Section 3.4).
Second, the participation and involvement of the affected people in the planning and
implementation process is essential and did not occur with the Dan Lai during the second
resettlement. In the first resettlement in 1958, the participation and involvement of the Dan Lai
produced positive results. This allowed the affected people and responsible agencies to choose
suitable sites to establish villages; made the transition smoother; and prevented the emergence ofa negative psychology and feelings of marginalisation. Participation and involvement in the early
stages can make recruited resettlers become active as self-recruited resettlers (Section 3.3.1)
Third, the introduction of new land-use practices and diversified income sources were crucial
factors for the Dan Lai Resettlement Projects. As discussed above, from 1958 the Dan Lai
moved from reliance on shifting cultivation and hunting and gathering to increasing dependence
on permanent agriculture. They needed appropriate land and training to adapt to this form of
farm production. In 1958, the Dan Lai resettled along rivers and streams, which was bothcompatible with their culture and good for paddy rice cultivation. Although this was the first
time they cultivated paddy rice and other new crops, they had good results because of constant
technical support and new sources of income.
Finally, the Dan Lai needed constant support after their movement to establish their new lives.
Because of their cultural characteristics and history, the Dan Lai may need a longer time than
other groups to adjust as well as continued assistances (DRDNEZ, 2000a, Nguyen et al., 2000b).
In the 1958 resettlement, the Dan Lai achieved great improvement in both social and economic
development with very little support. However, on-going support after resettlement contributed
critically to their success. The affected people were organised into the administrative system.
They were assisted in new farming techniques and in diversifying their incomes, and became
used to the new forms of production because of assistance from the responsible agencies.
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In contrast, in Chau Son the affected people did not receive assistance to settle down in the new
site. They were displaced but they were not resettled. Only after about 30 years can the Dan Lai
overcome the problems of the resettlement. As discussed in Section 3.3.2, in any Resettlement
Project, movement is only the first of four stages of full resettlement. The affected people need
assistance after this stage to progress through the three remaining stages so as to establish and
diversify their livelihoods and achieve the overall objectives of the Resettlement Project.
1.8 Socio-economic status of the Dan Lai in Con Cuong District
1.8.1 Social structure in the Dan Lai villages
Dan Lai villages are now incorporated in the administrative structures of the state. Figure 7.4
shows the administrative levels in Vietnam, extending from the national level to the commune.The Commune is the basic unit or lowest level in the administrative system. The Village is a self-
managed organisation of the local community and includes formal organizations such as Village
Party Cell (VPC), Village Management Board (VMB) and Womens Union (WU). These are
elected by local people and then approved by local government. Villages are directly under the
management of the communes10. Village Heads and Vice-Heads receive a small allowance.
Districts, Communes and Villages in the Pu Mat Region (including the BZ and the three villages
in the CZ) have additional staff who work for SFNC and have an allowance from the project. Atthe district level there is one District Coordinator and 10-32 district Extension Officers. At the
commune level, each commune has two Extension Officers. At the village level there are two
Extension Officers and two Conservationists. These people have allowances from the SFNC.
Village leaders also receive a small allowance from the project.
10 Following Decision No.13/2002/QD-BNV (see Appendix 5.4).
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Figure 7.4 Administrative system in Vietnam (not all organisations are presented)
Within Dan Lai villages, people have a strong sense of community and close relationships exist
between individuals and families. This characteristic was most likely formed long ago since they
have lived for generations separately in remote areas under hard conditions. In such living
conditions they have had to collaborate closely in order to withstand nature and wild animals to
survive. In traditional Dan Lai villages such as in the Khe Khang area there is plenty of available
land but houses are built close together with small home-gardens. The Dan Lai have a strong
sense of sharing within the community (Nguyen and Tran, 1999a, Nguyen and Tran, 1999b).
Any member of the community happily shares their assets such as food and livestock to other
people who need them (DRDNEZ, 2000a, Nguyen and Tran, 1999a, Nguyen and Tran, 1999b).Almost all people in the community are linked by kin relationships11.
These characteristics make for strong communities but may also be a weakness. The Dan Lai
appear to be less self-reliant since they are backed up by their community and rely on help from
other people. When the Dan Lai live or communicate with other groups, it takes them a long time
to adapt to the new environment or interact with other groups. In the case of the Dan Lai in Chau
Son Village, they were seen to be very shy and needed a longer time than the Kinh and Thai
people, who moved to Chau Son at the same time, to get used to the wider society. The Kinh and
Thai people easily joined in new income-generating projects such as working as handy workers
11 In GDs, when asked where they wanted to move if they would be resettled, the most common answer was thatparticipants wanted to move to be near their relatives in villages such as Khe Moi and Trung Chinh. Participants alsostated that they would only move if all the people in the village would move and live in the same area (Section9.5.2).
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in projects or hired labourers in the early stage but it was only in 2001 that a few Dan Lai in the
same village started to work in these projects.
In Dan Lai villages, people are highly self-disciplined and strongly respect government staff.
Hence in many cases the Dan Lai villages have been rewarded since they cooperated well withgovernment initiatives, as in Chau Son and Khe Bu. For example, a micro-finance program has
been conducted successfully by the WU in these villages.
Based on GDs in the study villages, the following intra-village organisations were in place,
although membership often overlapped (Figure 7.4):
(1) Village Management Board (Ban qun l bn)
This is the formal board at village level and it includes representatives of all organizations in the
village. A Village Management Board includes the Head and Vice-Head of the village, Secretary
of the Communist Cell, WU and Farmer Union (Figure 7.3). Village leaders are elected by
villagers and are then approved by the local governments. The Village Management Board
coordinates every activity in the village and is responsible for dissemination of operational
policies and guidelines to village members.
(2) Village Party Cell (Chi b bn)
VPC was ranked as the most important organization in politics and leadership. The Party Cell
includes all communist party members in the village, most of whom are leaders of organizations.
The Village Head is expected to be a party member. In GDs, the participants declared that the
VPC is responsible for propagandizing village members and leading the implementation of
policies and guidelines from the government. It cooperates with the Village Management Board
since most of the members of the board are also party members. The VPC is headed by the Party
Secretary in the village. In the study villages, the Village Head and the Secretary of the VPC
were the two most powerful people in the village. Any decisions at the village level had to be
discussed and agreed upon between them.
(3) Womens Union (Hi ph n)
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The WU includes all the adult females in the village and is linked to higher organisational levels.
In Pu Mat Region, the WU is the best-run organization. Con Cuong WU has been rewarded as a
good organization several times. With support from Oxfam Quebec, Oxfam Hong Kong, and
Craftlink the WU formed a very successful brocade team (t dt th cm) in Luc Da commune.
The WU works with the Bank for the Poor in implementing a micro-finance program. In this
program, the WU at the village level acts as a guarantor for its members to borrow money from
the Bank for the Poor. The organization also helps women to improve the household economy
such as by developing livestock activities. At the village level the WU also organizes mutual aid
teams to assist members in house building and crop harvesting. In the house building team, when
one member builds a new house or upgrades their houses other team members will help with
collecting thatch for the roof or other work. Pproduction team members help each other in
cultivation work such as harvesting and sowing. The WU also organizes festivals for women andteenagers, guides and encourages members to follow guidelines and policies from the
government, collaborates with the Communist Youth Union to clean roads and the village
compound, and works with the health care service to encourage their members to use birth
control.
(4) Communist Youth Union (on thanh nin)
The CYU conducts and organizes cultural and sporting activities, organizes activities in thesummer holiday for school pupils, and mutual aid teams for members and other villages, helps
families who do not have enough workers or who are having difficulties, and selects members to
join the army or to be trained as party members.
(5) Veterans Organization (Hi cu chin binh)
Members are veterans of the Vietnamese Armed Forces. During their time in the armed forces
these people undertook further study and almost all of them become party members. Many ofthem achieved a higher education degree. On returning to the village they became leaders of the
Dan Lai. Thus members of this organization are often members of the VPC and on the VMB.
(6) Teenagers (Thiu nin)
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This includes all the pupils in the village. Under the leadership of the CYU, they take part in
summer activities and clean the village.
(7) Militia (Dn qun)
The Village Militia is responsible for security in the village. In villages where animals destroy
crops and threaten lives, this group also helps to protect villagers from wild animals. It is headed
by the Vice-Head of the village and is trained by an officer from the district and commune once a
year for 5-7 days.
(8) Farmers Union (Hi nng dn)
Theoretically this organization includes all people in the village since all of them are farmers.However, in most of the villages in the Pu Mat Region, and in all five study villages, there is
only one person in this position. He/she is a member of the Village Management Board and
works with the Farmers Union at the commune and district levels to organize training in new
farm techniques and to collaborate with the WU to help members access bank loans.
(9) Vietnamese Fatherland Front (Mt trn t quc)
This unit propagandizes the villagers to follow official policies and avoid anti-social activities.
(10) Union of Old People (Hi cao tui).
This organistion includes all those over 60 years old. It follows guidelines from the government,
VMB, and VPC, educates family members to follow regulations and rules, and organizes
festivals for its members.
1.8.2 Education
The Dan Lai have experienced many changes in education because of their initial isolation and
subsequent movements and policy changes. Over time the education level of the Dan Lai living
in more central areas has significantly improved while the education level of those living in
remote villages has declined. In resettled villages or where Dan Lai are living with other groups,
their education level is much better. In Thai Son Village and Khe Moi Village, one woman has
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finished university level and four other people have finished professional high schools and are
now teachers. In general, the education history of the Dan Lai Communities can be divided into
four main stages: (1) before consolidation and resettlement in 1958; (2) from 1958 to 1972; (3)
from 1973 to 1991; (4) since 1991.
Living far away from the mainstream of Vietnamese society, before consolidation and
resettlement in 1958 the Dan Lai had no access to any kind of formal education. From 1947,
teachers came to the Khe Khang and Khe Choang regions but it was impossible for them to
organize classes because of the mobile lifestyle of the Dan Lai. Almost none of the Dan Lai
population could read and write Vietnamese. In 1947, Mr. La Van Bon left his village in Khe
Khang to study in Con Cuong District (interview with Mr. La Van Bon on 27/05/06). He then
became headmaster of a professional high school for teachers in Nghe An Province. He was also
rewarded by the central government as a meritorious teacher (nh gio u t12).
From 1958 to 1972, a literacy campaign was commenced in the consolidated and resettled
villages. As a part of the campaign, the first continuing education classes (lp hc b tc vn
ha) were conducted to educated people who were over school age but could not read and
write. Teachers for these classes were people who had a higher education level but did not have
compulsory professional certifications in teaching (check this). The Vietnamese Government had
many ways to encourage people to learn. After independence (1954) followed the literacycampaign (phong tro xa m ch, dit gic dt) which meant there were many continuing
education classes. In the Dan Lai Community these classes were the first formal education they
have had.
After that, primary schools were established in the villages. The first primary school was
conducted in Khe Nong in 1972, with four classes. In Khe Bu the first primary school was
established in 1976. In Khe Khang it wasnt until 1985 that the first primary school was built. In
this period, the Dan Lai achieved many successes in education. Many people not only were able
to read and write but some of them were supported to study further to be local leaders in their
communities. Others gained further education when they joined the Armed Forces, completing
primary school and even high school level. When they left the Armed Forces, most became
12 This name is presented by the Government of Vietnam to teachers who have made a significant contribution toeducation. A Meritorious Teacher is ranked in second position after Peoples Teacher.
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village leaders and some became Communist Party members. From the first classes there were
two very successful pupils. Mr. La Van Bon became the Head of Nghe An high school teacher.
Mr. La The Ky became District Officer and is now Chau Son Village leader.
Three main reasons contributed to the success in education in this stage. First, the communityreceived strong support from local government. They did not have to pay for tuition fees or other
school expenses. Second, formal education was introduced for the first time in the community so
the Dan Lai were very interested in learning and had an incentive to pursue educational
development. Many people were eager to learn letters. Third, educational quality and
conditions at that time were not much different between remote areas and more central areas in
Con Cuong District.
From 1973 to 1991, because of isolation, most of the Dan Lai villages had many obstacles to
access education and other knowledge sources. They had a low living standard and this
negatively influenced their education. The participants stated that they did not highly value
education and had fewer incentives to improve their knowledge. They still received some
scholarships from the government for professional education such as to be teachers or nurses.
However, in isolated villages they could not find people to take up the support and selected
people refused to go.
Gradually, educational quality in more central areas improved while the education of the Dan Lai
in remote areas lagged behind. During this period, the people from Khe Nong Village moved to
Chau Son Village which was near the centre of Chau Khe Commune, along National Road No.7.
At the very beginning, the resettlement negatively influenced the affected peoples education.
The Dan Lai in Chau Son Village were bewildered and did not know how to continue their
education. For a long time also, they could not adjust to the new environment. According to the
participants in the GDs, the local people in Chau Son Village needed nearly 18 years to catch up
and improve their education.
Since 1991 education in Chau Son Village and other villages located in more central areas has
started to show an upward trend. Meanwhile, in remote villages such as the three villages in the
Khe Khang area, the GDs indicated that education has deteriorated. However, the Dan Lai pupils
in central villages still have lower education levels to compared with the Thai and Kinh people
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because they are very shy and some lack self-esteem when they are studying with pupils from
other ethnic groups (Nguyen et al., 2000a, Pham, 2001, Vi and Tran, 1999).
The Dan Lai have received special support from the government to improve their education.
Before 2000, Dan Lai pupils who finished primary level at the village received a scholarship tostudy further in secondary and high schools in Chau Khe or Con Cuong Town. These pupils
were accommodated in boarding-schools. Sometimes they had other forms of support. When the
pupils finished local secondary or high school, they entered higher education, technical training
or short-term training and came back to their localities to work as local staff.
Since 2000, the number of Dan Lai pupils who could study in secondary schools has increased
significantly. In 2004, a total of 61 Dan Lai pupils were studying at Chau Khe Secondary School.
Dan Lai pupils do not have to pay tuition fees while at secondary school (normally VND
105,000 per year). Annually, each village is provided with about 1-3 scholarships for secondary
school (120,000 VND per pupil). In 2004, twelve pupils from Khe Bu studied at the secondary
school in Chau Khe. These pupils were living in school accommodation for free. Each month
they were supported with 50 kg of rice. These pupils have been given special attention. Similarly
for high schools, all Dan Lai students have a stipend of VND 120,000 per month and they do not
have to pay any education expenses. These policies have significantly improved the education
level of the Dan Lai.
1.8.3 Crop production
In general, the Dan Lai have less arable land than other groups in the Pu Mat Region and use the
land less productively because of their simple agricultural techniques. The Dan Lai began the
process of agricultural development after 1958, much later than other groups in the Pu Mat
Region. In remote villages such as Khe Bu and the three villages in the Khe Khang area,
fertilizer is still not used and crop varieties are low-yielding.
In Dan Lai families, home-gardens are smaller than for other groups because of the custom of
locating houses close together. Home gardens are also not managed as intensively as elsewhere
in Vietnam; in some cases fruit trees like banana, jack fruit or papaya are planted, in other cases
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home-gardens are left fallow. Home-gardens provide limited fruit and vegetables for family use
but are not for sale.
Hill farmland is very important to the Dan Lai who were totally dependent on shifting cultivation
before consolidation and resettlement in 1958. The Dan Lai have a good knowledge of hillfarming since they have cultivated this kind of land for generations. Common crops in the hill
farms are hill rice, green beans, cassava, maize, and sweet potato. Cassava was introduced in the
Dan Lai Community in the 1960s and it has become an important crop since it does not require
fertile land or much labour but has high productivity. Cassava is planted in old farms after
cultivating rice and maize, or in new land that cannot be used for other crops. Cassava is used as
a reserve food when there is insufficient rice and maize, or to exchange for other products such
as sugar, salt, and clothes.
The Dan Lai have learned to cultivate wetland since 1958. The paticiapants indicated that they
are very keen on developing land for wet rice cultivation, especially since the policy of limiting
hill farms has been implemented. However, the wetland area is limited by two main factors the
shortage of suitable land and the need to develop irrigation systems. All the Dan Lai villages,
except Khe Moi and Khe Thin, are located in hilly areas so they have little potential land for
developing wet rice cultivation.
Like other groups in the region, the Dan Lai have employed upland agricultural techniques in
agro-forestry land with support from the SFNC and local government. Some families in Chau
Son Village have very good agro-forestry models and have generated sustainable incomes from
their land. The Dan Lai have also been allocated land for production and protection forestry as
have other groups in the region.
1.8.4 Livestock production
Like other groups in the Pu Mat Region, the Dan Lai keep cattle, buffaloes, pigs, and poultry.
They also keep dogs as domestic animals, for protecting livestock, and in the past for hunting.
Raising livestock has been influenced by village location. In the more central villages, livestock
production has been gradually intensified and commercialized. Meanwhile, in the remote
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villages, except for cattle and buffaloes, livestock has not been considered as a source of cash
income.
Cattle and buffaloes play the most important role in livestock development and are the main
source of cash income, savings, and draught power. Living in remote areas, the Dan Lai havemany advantages in grazing areas for cattle and buffaloes. In these villages, traditional
techniques are employed. Cattle and buffaloes are allowed to freely range in the forest and
owners only check their herds two or three times per year or when they need to. They do not
allocate grazing areas or set regulations for livestock development. In some cases, according to
the GDs, free-grazing cattle or buffaloes destroy crops and cause conflicts between local people.
There are two ways of raising pigs in the Dan Lai Community. In more central villages, the local
people employ intensive techniques to raise pigs for commercial purposes. Since 1999, some
families in the region have shifted to commercial crossbred hogs with higher productivity. They
use hybrid piglets and keep the pigs in a piggery. The farmers have to buy piglets from traders
from surrounding districts since they cannot produce breeding pigs and this industry has not
developed in the Pu Mat Region as a whole. With new intensive techniques, raising pig has
gradually become a main source of cash income for the Dan Lai.
In remote villages pigs have not been considered as a source of cash income for local families.
They employ old techniques with traditional breeds. They do not keep pigs in a piggery but
allow pigs to find food themselves. Some households in Khe Khang and Khe Bu feed pigs twice
per day, mainly with cassava. This way of raising pigs may be suitable for a subsistence
economy in remote areas. Very few families derive cash income from traditional techniques for
raising pigs.
In all villages poultry are kept mainly for food for the family and have not been considered as a
commodity.
Living in the Pu Mat Region livestock techniques are quite developed in the researched villages
and play a very important role in livelihoods. It is not only the main saving and cash income for
local people but also in some cases livestock contributes in cultivation production. Because of
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