Policies for Sustainable Development: The Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture
Zeller, Manfred; Ufer, Susanne; Dinh, Thi Tuyet Van; Nielsen, Thea; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Tipraqsa, Prasnee; Berger, Thomas; Le Thi, Ai Van; Keil, Alwin; Pham, Thi My Dung; Heidhues, Franz; Saint-Macary, Camille (2013), Policies for Sustainable Development: The Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture, in Fröhlich, Holger L.; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Stahr, Karl; Clemens, Gerhard, Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas, Springer-Verlag : Berlin, p. 463-490
Type
Chapitre d'ouvrageExternal document link
10.1007/978-3-642-33377-4_12Date
2013Book title
Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous AreasBook author
Fröhlich, Holger L.; Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Stahr, Karl; Clemens, GerhardPublisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Berlin
ISBN
978-3-642-33376-7
Number of pages
500Pages
463-490
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Zeller, ManfredUfer, Susanne
Dinh, Thi Tuyet Van
Nielsen, Thea
Schreinemachers, Pepijn
Tipraqsa, Prasnee
Berger, Thomas
Le Thi, Ai Van
Keil, Alwin
Pham, Thi My Dung
Heidhues, Franz
Saint-Macary, Camille
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
Sustainable development requires a mix of policies that can simultaneously address social, economic and environmental objectives. While the preceding chapters of this book have focused on agricultural, environmental and socio-economic aspects and related policies, this chapter looks at the commercialization of smallholder agriculture and, in particular, the need to target the poor so as to enable them to better participate in market-oriented development. The mountainous regions of northern Thailand and northern Vietnam have witnessed a substantial transformation over the last two decades, turning as they have from largely subsistence-oriented to market-oriented agriculture. This development began in Thailand earlier than in Vietnam, but during the 2000s, smallholder agriculture in Vietnam also commercialized at a rapid rate, leading to an increase in farm incomes and a decline in poverty levels. Our main policy conclusion here is that the commercialization of agriculture can be conducive to a sustainable increase in smallholder incomes and reduction of poverty levels; however, policies aimed at addressing the environmental externalities caused by market participation must be combined with socially-oriented policies that target poorer segments of the population, especially in the areas of education, health, social assistance, political participation and non-subsidized credit, as well as infrastructure and market-oriented development policies aimed at long-run sustainability.Subjects / Keywords
Income; poverty; Vietnam; Thailand; market-oriented development; smallholder agriculture; Sustainable developmentJEL
Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population GrowthQ18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O53 - Asia including Middle East
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