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holders, such as problem 1, 2, and 5 listed in Table 10. 2. Other problems
can be solved after human well being are improved and community income are
<strong>en</strong>hanced, as the fundam<strong>en</strong>tal reason for these problems is poverty and lack of
funds.
Table 10. 2
Ranking of problems in Dagan FLR demonstration area
Rank
Problems
Causes
Solutions
Poor roads,
traffic inconv<strong>en</strong>i<strong>en</strong>ce
Poverty, no funds
(1) Governm<strong>en</strong>t-funded road construction
(2) Villagers can put labor
( 3 ) Increasing rev<strong>en</strong>ue after rubber tapping
2 Lack of irrigation
water
Less water in reservoirs, (1) Increasing the height of reservoirs by govno
funds to repair ernm<strong>en</strong>t funds
the ditch
(2) Repairing the ditch by
(3 ) Protecing the reservoirs by tree planting
3 Lack of fertilizer for Betel nut and rubber are (1) Integrited into governm<strong>en</strong>t poverty reducbetel
nut and rub- too young to harvest, low tion policy
ber income, Large-scale cul- (2) Cassava planting
trees
tivation, no money to buy (3) Raising pigs to get Organic fertilizer
fertilizer
( 4) Loans to buy fertilizer
4 Lack of housing Low income ( 1 ) Governm<strong>en</strong>t grants received
(2) Increasing rev<strong>en</strong>ue after rubber tapping
(3 ) Saving money by work outside
5 Difficulty of
going to
toilet and taking a
bath for wom<strong>en</strong>
Lack of bathrooms
( 1 ) Subsidies for bathroom building by governm<strong>en</strong>t
( 2 ) Methane tank construction
(3 ) Public toilets building by raising funds
6 Powdery mildew
Lack of pesticides and
techniques
( 1 ) Guidance by forestry stations
(2) Governm<strong>en</strong>t-issued pesticide
( 3 ) Technical training
Poor roads, traffic inconv<strong>en</strong>i<strong>en</strong>ce were agreed as the most ul'f:"nt problem
for curr<strong>en</strong>t village developm<strong>en</strong>t and the most important solution is govemm<strong>en</strong>tfunded
road construction because of high cost and limited funds raised by villagers.
As the main infrastructure construction in Dagan FLR demonstration area
rec<strong>en</strong>tly, roads sclerosis is an important part of the community FLR plan.
The road construction would be conducted under support from the existing national
policy of stimulating domestic demand (The road construction has be<strong>en</strong>
finished in January, 2010). Villagers believe that lack of irrigation water is the
second major problem and hope to increase thecapacity of reservoirs and con-