‘My children are small and my husband works far from home’: juggling land and labour in a Vietnamese village

Nguyen, Tuan Anh; Rigg, Jonathan; Derks, Annuska

doi:10.1080/0967828x.2020.1817774

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“…Non-commercial transactions, such as labor exchange, fulfill both economic and social functions in rural northern Vietnam [86]. However, this differs to a neighboring province in the North Central coast region, where hired labor and land exchange is common [87], and may indicate future steps in rural agrarian transformation. At the same time, the value of keeping land as a family reserve asset during economic downturns [71,88] was again revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic, when migrants returned to their place of origin.…”

Section: Remittances As Risk Insurancementioning

confidence: 99%

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When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam

Simelton¹,

Duong²,

Houzer³

2021

Sustainability

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For many family farms, migration is one strategy for reducing poverty and vulnerability to both natural hazards and economic risk. While more men typically migrate to work, the implications of this on the household are inconclusive, especially for the women who remain on the farms. This study employs a gender lens to examine the effects of economically driven migration on household decision-making, farm labor and disaster risk reduction, focusing on two disaster-prone regions with high poverty rates in Vietnam: Dien Bien (Northwest) and Ha Tinh (North Central Coast) provinces. Surveys of 228 households with at least one migrant worker showed a new generation of young male and female migrants, and that men over 30 years of age migrated for longer periods and more frequently than their spouses. Intrahousehold impacts differed according to risk strategies. In areas with a lower-risk coping strategy (Dien Bien), seasonal jobs coincided with periods of less intense farming activities. During the absence of male family members, women temporarily made more domestic decisions. In areas with a higher-risk adaptation strategy (Ha Tinh), farming was planned for longer absences; thus decisions remained largely unchanged. Remittances invested into agriculture contributed to shortening the recovery period after disasters and, in some cases, diversifying farming systems. The migrant’s absence was offset by relatives and neighbors as essential labor reserves. New resilient farming systems need to be disaster proof, gender-sensitive and free up labor.

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Section: Remittances As Risk Insurancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In disaster-prone agrarian societies such as Vietnam, neighbors coming together to manage water resources [72,90] or exchanging farm labor during peak periods [87] also becomes a social safety net. However, underrating this labor exchange can have implications for extension programs and training.…”

Section: Remittances As Risk Insurancementioning

confidence: 99%

When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam

Simelton¹,

Duong²,

Houzer³

2021

Sustainability

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“…However, the comparative advantage of farmers depends on their labor force, land resources, environmental conditions of agricultural operation and non-agricultural employment opportunities and other factors. Most studies have demonstrated that farmers’ labor force and health status have a negative impact on land transfer-out [ 5 , 6 ], and a positive effect on land transfer-in [ 7 , 8 ]; farmer emigration and rural labor transfer are conducive to land transfer [ 9 , 10 ]. Specifically, the age of farmers has a negative [ 8 ] but decreasing influence on land transfer-out [ 9 ].…”

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“…However, the joint relationship between the parties and the uses of land for food crop cultivation significantly promote oral contracts [ 32 ]. Nguyen, Rigg [ 10 ] demonstrates that the lease or exchange of agricultural land mainly relies on oral agreements which depend on social capital and trust networks since the relevant system has been unestablished in Vietnam during the reform period.…”

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A study on the mode choice of large-scale households’ farmland transfer-in in rural China: Based on the economic analysis paradigm of transaction costs

He,

Xiao

2023

PLoS ONE

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Regarding the mode choice of farmland transfer, the existing literature have more examined the choices between market-based transfer (spontaneous transfer) and government or village committee-led transfer, and between formal contract and informal contract. However, the question that how the two parties choose among various specific transfer modes has not attracted extensive attention of scholars. Based on contract theory and transaction cost economics, this paper uses the public samples of the third national agricultural census data to investigate how large-scale households choose among the specific transfer modes when transferring into farmland, like the transfer of the contracted management right (TCMR), lease and shareholding. The findings of this paper are as follows. Firstly, with the increase in the transfer-in area and the education level of the household head, the probability of choosing lease and shareholding increases relatively, but the latter rises faster. Secondly, compared with large-scale farmers whose aim is to plant crop, the probability of those who transfer into farmland for gardening and forestry operation choosing shareholding has increased significantly. Thirdly, the age of the household head and the number of household laborers have an interactive effect on the mode choice of transferring into farmland. In addition, the mode choice of large-scale households’ transferring into farmland is also significantly affected by environmental factors such as local topography, irrigation, traffic conditions, industrial structure, and social security development. Therefore, adhering to the parties to choose the mode of farmland transfer independently is crucial. The government and rural grassroots organizations should help the parties to understand the characteristics, adaptability and supply and demand of different modes, and help the parties to explore the most economical mode. The contribution of this paper is that it expands the study of the transfer of rural land rights to the choices of specific transfer modes, and partially reveals the rule of choices, which provides a reference for the parties to choose the most efficient transfer mode under different conditions and for the government and rural grassroots organizations to play a role.

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‘My children are small and my husband works far from home’: juggling land and labour in a Vietnamese village

Cited by 2 publications

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When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam

When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam

A study on the mode choice of large-scale households’ farmland transfer-in in rural China: Based on the economic analysis paradigm of transaction costs

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