Anthropological Study on the Implementation and Acceptance Process of the Collectivization Policy in Lao PDR

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16901
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: Minoo Arihiro 東洋大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (70648659)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ラオス人民民主共和国 / 農業集団化 / コーヒー / 協同組合 / 政策形成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Lao PDR is a socialist country where agricultural collectivization policies have been conducted during the past decade under the transition from the subsistence agriculture to the commercial agriculture in order to export the high-valued agricultural products to the world market. This research focused on the policy making and implementation concerning agricultural collectivization in the macro level such as the central and the provincial government, and its impacts on farmers in the micro level. Moreover, this research also examined the political dynamics particular to the socialist countries which are forced to re-collectivize the agricultural sector against the market economy.
In particular, collecting the information of the policy making on cooperatives, I considered the reason why some actors has been involved in this policy making process. On the other hand, I explored the acceptance process of these policies among coffee planting small scale farmers in the Bolaven Plateau.

Free Research Field

文化人類学