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soils in Thailand. Selection criteria of technologies and approaches for documentation

questionnaire for technologies and questionnaire for approaches are as follow:

1) Relevance: The selected technologies should be able to address land degradations that are

prevalent in the area or region,

2) Robust: The selected technologies should be able to withstand the test of time and proven

to be applicable in a wide variety of conditions,

3) Replicability and Transferability: The selected technologies should be replicable and
transferable to a wide variety of land users in similar conditions,

4) Effectiveness: The technologies should be effective in preventing, reducing, recovering
from or adapting to land degradation problems facing land users in the area or region,

5) Efficiency: The technologies should be cost effective in addressing specific land
degradation problems in the region. Nevertheless, priority should be given to technologies

or approaches that generate favorable social returns with emphasis given to technologies
or approaches that incentivize stakeholders or public-private partnerships in achieving

long-term sustainability outcome.

6) Livelihood: The selected technologies should be applicable to livelihood activities that are

prevalent in the area or region and can potentially contribute to household food security

and sustainable livelihood enhancement,

7) Empowerment: The selected technologies and/or approaches can potentially contribute to

empowering local community and enhancing social equality in favor of the disadvantaged,
i.e., the poor, the aged, and women and girls, etc.,

8) No Negative Externality: The selected technologies should be free from creating negative

externalities or off-site impacts be it environmental, social or economic, and

9) Sustainability: The selected technologies should be sustainable in all three main aspects:

social, economic and environmental.

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