抄録
In this paper, investigations and plans through coordination made by the Mekong Committee, as a blueprint for the future development of the lower Mekong basin, are presented based on selected reports and documents in the Secretariat of the Committee, ESCAP. The topics discussed in this part are : demographic state, arable land, food production, GNP, carrying capacity of the basin, hydrometeorological and engineering survey, socio-economic study, financial resources for pre-investment investigation and construction of projects, Pa Mong Project scheme and its downstream effects, pioneer agricultural projects, and other projects in the delta. Taking above items together the conclusion is that the potential of land productivity and the human resource of the Mekong Delta is probably the highest among other areas in the lower Mekong basin. However, there would be various ways and means to be chosen to raise the agricultural production, according to soil and hydrological conditions in the Mekong Delta. A way adaptable to a particular region of the delta may not be to the other, and strategies usually involve low investment approach which farmers can handle it, and high investment approach like flood control which even international cooperation is needed.
