Our study aimed to investigating the characteristics and importance
of FMAS in selected areas of three Southeast Asian rice farming
countries: southern Cambodia, northeast Thailand, and northern Vietnam.
Using a consistent research framework in these contrasting
regions, we derive an empirical typology of FMAS and elucidate how
FMAS characterstics are influenced by their ecological and socioeconomic
context. Further details on FMAS management measures
and their effectiveness are provided in a companion paper (Amilhat
et al., Companion paper II).