Are ‘Landlords Taking Back the Land’? An Essay on the Agrarian Transition in Vietnam

Akram‐Lodhi, A. Haroon

doi:10.1080/09578810412331332622

Cited by 37 publications

(27 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The arguments fall into two main categories: lack of a competitive market incentive structure and private landownership that influence farmers' efforts (Liem 1995;Akram-Lodhi 2004;Che et al 2006) and the daily resistance of local farmers against the communist state (Dang 2010;Kerkvliet, 2006). Our study documents these explanations.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 61%

“…In the south, before the collectivisation campaign, the market-based structure operated efficiently in the agriculture sector with more physical capital and higher technology. It is claimed that collectivisation in the south sought to transform a production system that had already been changed through two agrarian reforms in 1956(Akram-Lodhi 2004. Under a different economic structure and political setting, the prototype application simply resulted in failure as admitted by the administration.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, when the north started collectivisation in the mid1950s, their rice productivity was still very low because of their obsolete methods of production. Meanwhile, collectivisation in the south was after 1975, when agricultural production utilised more machinery, water-pump irrigation and high-yield rice varieties (Wurfel 1994;Akram-Lodhi 2004).…”

Section: Results Of Collectivizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Land Inequality or Productivity: What Mattered in Southern Vietnam after 1975?

Bui

Preechametta

2016

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Land redistribution and agricultural collective production were the key components of agrarian reforms implemented by the Vietnamese Communist Party in the south of the country after 1975. Land inequality was serious in the region under the Republic of Vietnam's regime. The new government struggled with agricultural collectivisation contributing to the decline in rice productivity. This study explains the persistence of a market-based agricultural production in the southern economy under the new political regime. Beside the economic reasons and arguments of local peasants' everyday politics cited in the literature, we argue that the de facto political power of the middleclass landowners was an important factor impeding the performance of agricultural cooperatives. It also implies that agricultural productivity was more vital than land inequality during the study period. We apply the model of Acemoglu and Robinson explaining how de facto political power helps elites to maintain their economic institutions in spite of a political change.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 61%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Results Of Collectivizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Land Inequality or Productivity: What Mattered in Southern Vietnam after 1975?

Bui

Preechametta

2016

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Commercialisation of agriculture has contributed to more efficient farm production and higher incomes from fruit and vegetable production in Thailand and northern Vietnam (Zeller et al, 2013). Higher yields from commercial rice production in the lowlands of Vietnam between 1993 and 1998 increased farm revenue by 21 per cent and household income by 28 per cent (Akram-Lodhi, 2001). Likewise, commercial maize production in the north of Vietnam generated about three-quarters of farm cash income and two-thirds of total cash income (Keil et al, 2009).…”

Section: Household Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The agricultural transformation in Vietnam has led to agrarian class differentiation, widening wealth inequality, and increased landlessness (Akram-Lodhi, 2001). In addition, small-scale farmers who have engaged in the transition from subsistence to commercialised farming by participating in contract farming face many risks (Luo et al, 2011).…”

Section: Household Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Cambodia: impact of the cassava boom on rural livelihoods and agrarian change

Kem¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Agricultural commercialisation is a process that involves the transformation of subsistence-oriented smallholder farming systems into systems that are primarily oriented toward production for the market. Agricultural production is no longer viewed merely as the means to meet household consumption requirements, drawing on local resources, but becomes the household"s main incomegenerating activity, tying farmers into the wider market economy, not only through the sale of farm commodities, but through the purchase of inputs, labour, assets, credit, and consumer goods. This process is part of an agrarian transition driven by economic growth and development, global market integration, and increasing global demand for farm products. Cash crop booms have been a significant catalyst for the process, spurring farmers to invest in commercial agriculture, though often with considerable risk and disruption. Some claim agricultural commercialisation is a pathway out of poverty for rural households, while others highlight the darker site of commercialisation in terms of widening inequality and the marginalisation and exclusion of disadvantaged households.Agricultural commercialisation has been underway in Cambodia for several decades. There has been a rapid transition from subsistence to semi-commercial and commercial production as indicated by the expanding area of commercial crops, production increases, and export growth. This transition has been closely linked to booming demand for agricultural commodities such as cassava within the Asian region. This raises the question whether the commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Cambodia has had positive impacts on farmers" livelihoods through improving their productivity, income, and resilience, thus contributing to inclusive economic growth.The aim of this research was to explore the commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Cambodia through a case study of responses to and impacts of the cassava boom. The specific objectives were to: (i) understand the role of the cassava boom in the commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Cambodia; (ii) appraise the economic viability (profitability and riskiness) of smallholder cassava production; (iii) evaluate the impacts of commercial cassava production on farmers" livelihoods; (iv) trace the livelihood trajectories of different types of rural household as a consequence of the cassava boom; (v) identify options to ensure agricultural commercialisation contributes to more inclusive agricultural growth.The study used Agrarian Systems Analysis (ASA) as a framework. ASA encompasses a set of techniques to understand and diagnose farm-household systems, the agrarian systems in which they are embedded, and longer-term processes of agrarian change. In particular, ASA highlights the importance of understanding the connection between commercialisation and agrarian differentiation, whereby farm households can end up on contrasting livelihood trajectories. Within iii this framework, a comparative case study approach was ...

show abstract

Transition, savings and growth in Vietnam: a three-gap analysis

Sepehri

Akram‐Lodhi

2005

J. Int. Dev.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article assesses the significance of domestic and foreign savings for Vietnam's economic growth. Using annual data for the period between 1986 and 2000 a three-gap model is formulated and estimated. The model illustrates quite vividly the centrality of the foreign exchange constraint for Vietnam's economic growth. The domestic private savings constraint is also shown to be more binding than the public savings constraint. The estimates of the foreign exchange requirements under various growth path scenarios over the period 2001-05 suggest that the increase in investment required to boost the growth rate of output results in much higher levels of external debt than that estimated by the World Bank and other donors. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

show abstract

Are ‘Landlords Taking Back the Land’? An Essay on the Agrarian Transition in Vietnam

Cited by 37 publications

References 14 publications

Land Inequality or Productivity: What Mattered in Southern Vietnam after 1975?

Land Inequality or Productivity: What Mattered in Southern Vietnam after 1975?

Commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Cambodia: impact of the cassava boom on rural livelihoods and agrarian change

Transition, savings and growth in Vietnam: a three-gap analysis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About