“…For instance, negative effects of farmland loss were reported in China (Chen, 2007;Deng, Huang, Rozelle & Uchida, 2006) and India (Fazal, 2000(Fazal, , 2001. Nevertheless, positive effects were found in China (Chen, 1998;Parish, Zhe & Li, 1995) and Bangladesh (Toufique & Turton, 2002). However, due to the limitation of their (qualitative/descriptive statistic) methods all studies above were unable to provide stastically significant evidence of the relationship between farmland loss and households' livelihood strategies.…”