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CoNtENtS (continued)
Gender and Regional Economic Integration in the GMS: Role of Cross-Border Transportation Development,
Kyoko Kusakabe.................................................................................................................................... 147
Water - Energy Nexus: Sustainable Urbanization in the Greater Mekong Subregion,
Peter Rogers.......................................................................................................................................... 153
Session 2: Food - Water - Energy Nexus
Session 2.1: Food Security
Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Historical Perspectives from the Mekong Committee,
Jeffrey A. McNeely................................................................................................................................. 164
Policies for Long-Term Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion,
Shikha Jha, David Roland-Holst and Songsak Sriboonchitta................................................................. 175
The Future of GMS Forestry in the Context of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus,
J.S. Broadhead, B. Damen, P.B. Durst and C.L. Brown. ....................................................................... 198
Climate Risks to Agriculture/Food Security in the GMS Countries and Early Warning Systems
in the Context of the Food - Water - Energy Nexus, S.V.R.K. Prabhakar............................................... 209
Impact of Soil, Management Practices and Climate Change on Water Productivity of Winter Rice
in the Mekong Delta, Marjorie Menard and Mohammed Mainuddin....................................................... 225
Remote Sensing-based Method to Map Irrigated Rice Cropping Patterns of the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam,
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, C.A.J.M. de Bie, Amjad Ali and E.A.M. Smaling.................................................... 235
Health Cost of Pesticide Use Practices in Mung bean (Vigna radiata L) Production in Myanmar,
Seinn Seinn Mu and Corazon T Aragon................................................................................................. 245
Session 2.2: Land, Water, and Climate Change
Water for Food and Energy in the GMS: Issues and Challenges to 2020,
R. Johnston, P.G. McCornick, G. Lacombe, A. Noble, C.T. Hoanh and R. Bartlett................................. 254
Development and Application of a Land-Use Prediction Model for Future Water Resources Management
in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Akiyuki Kawasaki, Masatsugu Takamatsu and Peter Rogers.......... 268
Challenges Facing Cooperation and Sustainability on Water Security and Hydropower Development
in the Mekong River Basin: The GMS Response, Suzanne Ogden........................................................ 276
Drought Risk Management as Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Linkages
in Lower Mekong Region: Issues, Challenges, and Potential, Rajib Shaw..................................................... 287
Water and Development in the Lower Mekong Basin,
Ton Lennaerts, Phetsamone Southalack and Satit Phiromchai.............................................................. 302
Mainstreaming of Wetland Ecosystem Services in Policy Planning Process – Case of Viet Nam,
Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc................................................................................................................................. 312