tailieunhanh - Farmland acquisition and livelihood choices of households in Hanoiʼs peri-urban areas
The paper concludes with some proposed policy implications that may help peri−urban households to effectively change and diversify their livelihoods. Although larger owned farmland per adult stimulates households to specialize in farming, emerging non−farm job opportunities make rural young workers less interested in farming activities. | Economic Bulletin of Senshu University , , 19-48, 2011 Farmland acquisition and livelihood choices of households in Hanoi s peri-urban areas Tuyen, Tran University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Steven Lim1 Economics Department, the University of Waikato, New Zealand Abstract The relation between land and rural livelihood has been a topic of interest for many researchers and development practitioners. In the context of rising farmland loss due to the escalated urbanization and industrialization in Vietnam’s developed provinces, several researchers have tried to address how farm households respond to farmland loss in peri−urban areas (., Do, 2006 ; Ngo, 2009 ; S. V. Nguyen, 2009 ; Phong, 2007 ; Vo, 2006). However, no studies have quantified the impacts of farmland loss on peri −urban households’ livelihood choices. Using a dataset collected by the lead author from Hanoi’s peri−urban areas in 2008, this paper is the first attempt to apply econometric methods to quantify effects of farmland loss on households’ activity choices in Hanoi’s peri−urban areas. The results reveal that households have actively adapted to the new context by adopting livelihood strategies based on manual jobs and non −farm self−employment activities. In addition, although larger owned farmland per adult stimulates households to specialize in farming, emerging non−farm job opportunities make rural young workers less interested in farming activities. The paper concludes with some proposed policy implications that may help peri−urban households to effectively change and diversify their livelihoods. 1. Introduction viewed from both pro−rural and the pro−urban perspectives. According to the pro−rural view, International experience suggests that rapid farmland acquisition has detrimental impacts in urbanization pace and economic growth coin- terms of loss of fertile farmland, which threat- cide with conversion of land from agricultural ens .
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