Journal article

Authors list: SCHNETZ, M; EGORAMAIPHOL, S; LEITZMANN, C

Publication year: 1984

Pages: 89-107

Journal: Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volume number: 15

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0367-0244

eISSN: 1543-5237

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1984.9990815

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
[In many developing countries high population growth rates of the last few decades have forced farmers to enlarge their acreages to satisfy the family''s nutritional needs. Where this is not possible, farmers have to accept wage labor or to migrate in search of new arable land. The subsequent wide-ranging deforestation will not be without consequence. The ecological damage, particularly declining soil fertility, will result in declining food production for an increasing population.] The consumption frequencies of different food items of migrants and settled families were investigated by the interview method. Additionally, demographic and socioeconomic data were collected. In contrast to many other studies, the Thai migrants investigated here showed an increase in consumption frequencies for many food items and they consumed a greater variety of foods after migration. This occurred in spite of a shift from subsistence economy (rice growing) to cash crop production (maize) immediately after migration. However, they could not attain the consumption frequencies of permanent settlers who live in the rich Central Plain of Thailand.

Harvard Citation style: SCHNETZ, M., EGORAMAIPHOL, S. and LEITZMANN, C. (1984) MIGRATION AND NUTRITION IN THAILAND, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 15(2), pp. 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1984.9990815

APA Citation style: SCHNETZ, M., EGORAMAIPHOL, S., & LEITZMANN, C. (1984). MIGRATION AND NUTRITION IN THAILAND. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 15(2), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1984.9990815