Agricultural policy and land use changes in a Black Thai commune of northern Vietnam, 1952-1997

Sikor, Thomas and Truong, Dao Minh (2002) Agricultural policy and land use changes in a Black Thai commune of northern Vietnam, 1952-1997. Mountain Research and Development, 22 (3). pp. 248-255. ISSN 0276-4741

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Abstract

Vietnamese agricultural policy has changed radically during the past 5 decades. Decollectivization in the 1980s and 1990s followed 2 decades of collective agriculture. This article examines the effects of agricultural policy on land use. It reports the results of remote image interpretation and socioeconomic field study in a Black Thai commune in Vietnam's northern mountains. It suggests that the landscape in the commune has been highly dynamic and that this dynamism was partly the result of the agricultural policy. Collectivization and decollectivization affected land use, but their influence was mediated by other factors, primarily changing technology and markets. In addition, the relationship between national policy and local land use is complicated by 2 factors: (1) changes in local institutions may predate national reforms, and (2) implementation of national policy and the resulting local institutions may differ from place to place.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: agricultural policy,decollectivization,gis,land use changes,vietnam,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Climate Change
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2013 15:48
Last Modified: 17 May 2023 00:54
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44003
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0248:APALUC]2.0.CO;2

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