Agrarian transition, adaptation and contained conflict in Cambodia and Vietnam since the 1990s.

2018 ◽  
pp. 214-231
Author(s):  
C. Gironde
Keyword(s):  
Agrarian Transition

The Agrarian Question in Contemporary Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toendepi Shonhe
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Contract Farming ◽  
Agrarian Question ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agrarian Transition ◽  
Depth Interviews

The reinvestment of rural agrarian surplus is driving capital accumulation in Zimbabwe's countryside, providing a scope to foster national (re-) industrialisation and job creation. Contrary to Bernstein's view, the Agrarian Question on capital remains unresolved in Southern Africa. Even though export finance, accessed through contract farming, provides an impetus for export cash crop production, and the government-mediated command agriculture supports food crop production, the reinvestment of proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities is now driving capital accumulation. Drawing from empirical data, gathered through surveys and in-depth interviews from Hwedza district and Mvurwi farming area in Mazowe district in Zimbabwe, the findings of this study revealed the pre-eminence of the Agrarian Question, linked to an ongoing agrarian transition in Zimbabwe. This agrarian capital elaborates rural-urban interconnections and economic development, following two decades of de-industrialisation in Zimbabwe. 

scholarly journals Agrarian Transitions, Rural Resistance and Peasant Politics in Southeast Asia

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-139
Author(s):  
Fabian Drahmoune
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Agrarian Change ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Rural Change ◽  
Agrarian Studies ◽  
Peasant Politics ◽  
Agrarian Transition ◽  
Agrarian Transformation

In light of the recent revival of agrarian studies in the scholarship of Southeast Asia, this paper reviews three recent publications that are concerned with specific aspects of what has been framed as “agrarian transition”, “agrarian change” or “agrarian transformation”. It seeks to identify new perspectives and fresh approaches to the analytical challenges that arise from the multi-faceted and intertwined nature of agrarian change in the region. Further, it considers the implications of these processes – specifically in social, political and economic terms – for the rural population and examines their ways of embracing and resisting these changes. By emphasising the explanatory potential that linking approaches, theories and methodologies of different research traditions and disciplines in an integrative fashion has, it will be argued that – in order to enhance our understanding of people's responses to rural change – it is essential to recognise their agency and perceptions as interconnected across multiple scales within broader structural conditions.

scholarly journals Gendered Roles in Agrarian Transition: A Study of Lowland Rice Farming in Lao PDR

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5403
Author(s):  
Magnus Moglia ◽  
Kim S. Alexander ◽  
Silva Larson ◽  
Anne (Giger)-Dray ◽  
Garry Greenhalgh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Lowland Rice ◽  
Agrarian Change ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Gendered Roles ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Agrarian Transition ◽  
Traditional Economy

Traditional lifestyles of lowland rice farmers of the southern provinces of Lao People’s Democratic Republic are rapidly changing, due to two important trends. Firstly, there is a push towards modernization and commercialization of farming. Secondly, though farmers still focus on rice farming as a key activity, there is an increasing move towards diversification of livelihoods. The changes have seen the uptake of non-rice crops, livestock husbandry and forest and river utilization; as well as non-farming activities. This has influenced gender relations, impacting household agricultural production decisions and amplified transitional trends. To explore the processes, we analyzed data from a study of innovation adoption amongst rice farmers in southern Lao PDR. The study revealed nuances of gender-based differences in the priorities and attitudes towards farming and off-farm activities, as well as differences in behaviour related to the adoption of new practices. Women were more focused on non-farming practices and considered engaging in the modern, non-traditional, economy more so than men. Women also reported experiencing greater challenges when engaging and trading in the agricultural marketplace. The study supports the importance of taking a gendered approach to understanding the inherent complexities within agrarian change.

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