2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Agrarian transformations under small-scale agribusiness investment for fruit crops in the China-ASEAN borderland
| Project/Area Number |
19K23128
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
花 暁波 京都大学, 東南アジア地域研究研究所, 研究員 (70850585)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | Agrarian transformation / Land system change / Crop boom / Livelihood transition / Borderland / mainland Southeast Aisa / China |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This research aims to understand how local smallholders along the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borders respond to market-oriented processes (China’s rapid emergence), to both track and interpret the dynamics and transformations of their livelihoods and land uses, and to compare and discuss the differentiation and concordance with similar cases through intensive and extensive fieldwork. In the second fiscal year, the main research achievements are as follows.
1. For in-depth fieldwork, the Principal Investigator (PI) conducted online interviews with local counterparts in upland and lowland villages to address the following key issues: changes in agrarian landscapes and livelihoods (e.g. new boom crops), cross-border labor migration, dynamics of rural markets led by digitalization, and the impacts of Covid-19 on rural societies and resilience.
2. For the analysis of village studies, based on the conceptual framework explored in the first fiscal year, this research further examined the characteristics, processes, and consequences of land rental practices in a multi-ethnic rural society in the context of cash crop expansion in the uplands, the changes undergone by a lowland agrarian society experiencing ‘secure’ crop booms, and how investors in fruit booms relocate geographically to capture opportunities.
3. For international academic exchanges, the PI has presented the research findings in Webinars (online).
4. For publications, two papers have been accepted for publication in Land Use Policy and The Journal of Peasant Studies.
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