Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia

Zeller, Manfred; Beuchelt, Tina; Fischer, Isabel; Heidhues, Franz

Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia

dc.contributor.author	Zeller, Manfred	de
dc.contributor.author	Beuchelt, Tina	de
dc.contributor.author	Fischer, Isabel	de
dc.contributor.author	Heidhues, Franz	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:42:46Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:42:46Z
dc.date.created	2009-08-07
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Most of the upland areas of Southeast Asia are characterized by insufficient infrastructure, low productivity in smallholder crop and animal production, mounting environmental problems such as soil and forest degradation and loss of biodiversity, increasing population pressure, and widespread poverty, particular in rural areas. While some upland areas in South East Asia have been experiencing considerable progress during the past twenty years, others have stagnated or even declined with respect to economic, social and environmental objectives of development. The purpose of the paper is to describe major trends regarding sustainable development in the upland areas of selected countries in South East Asia, and review explanatory approaches for the observed trends based on case studies from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The conceptual framework for this paper builds on the critical triangle of sustainable rural development. Here, equity or poverty alleviation, economic growth, and the protection of the environment are the three major policy objectives. We further distinguish three explanatory approaches for land use change and agricultural and rural development. Apart from the market approach and the population approach, we suggest that future studies should focus more on governance issues as a major driving force of land use change. The governance approach appears particularly relevant for upland areas which are often politically and institutionally marginalized. The paper begins with a review of definitions of sustainability, and proceeds with a conceptual analysis of the two-way linkages between poverty and the environment, and poverty and economic growth in rural areas. This is followed by empirical findings from research on agriculture and forestry as the major land uses in upland areas of selected South East Asian countries. Based on the results of different case studies from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia, we seek to contrast stories of relative success with those of failure. The paper concludes with implications for rural and agricultural development policies, and suggests future areas of research.	en
dc.identifier.swb	309496233
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5268
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-3791
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy; 2008,6
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.subject.gnd	Südostasien	de
dc.subject.gnd	Hochland	de
dc.subject.gnd	Landwirtschaftsentwicklung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Nachhaltigkeit	de
dc.subject.gnd	Agrarpolitik	de
dc.subject.gnd	Landnutzung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Ernährungssicherung	de
dc.title	Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	2	de
local.institute.number	490	de
local.opus.number	379
local.series.issueNumber	2008,6
local.series.title	Forschung zur Entwicklungsökonomie und -politik / Research in development economics and policy
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Agricultural Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen und Subtropen	de

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