Land poverty and emerging ruralities in Cambodia : Insights from Kampot province
Scheidel, Arnim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Farrell, Katharine N. 1969- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Ramos Martín, Jesús (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)
Giampietro, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Mayumi, Kozo (University of Tokushima (Japan))

Date:	2014
Abstract:	Rural change in Cambodia manifests itself in rapidly declining land availability for the smallholder sector, posing the question of how farmers may be able to deal with limited access to land. In this paper, we discuss with a case study village and household livelihood strategies of smallholders currently operating under land-constrained conditions. Based on an integrated assessment of a smallholder village in Kampot province, we illustrate in quantitative terms how land shortage is creating problems of surplus generation and liquidity issues in monetary and non-monetary flows. At the household level, livelihood diversification based on the involvement of productive resources other than land may play an increasing role, particularly in the future, when levels of land shortage may increase. At the village level, smallholder may respond through institutional innovation, in particular through the establishment of a community banking system and a paddy rice bank to provide money and rice credits to overcome transitory shortages and to cover investment costs for additional productive resources. Thus, in this case, we observe the emergence of new patterns of livelihood in rural areas, based on the integration of non-land-based economic activities and new institutional settings.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca FI-DGR-2010 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca BE-DGR-2011 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca SGR/2009-00962 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación HAR-2010-20684-C02-01
Note:	Altres ajuts: EU-Project MARSS (LIFE11ENV/DE/343)
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Cambodia ; Emerging ruralities ; Land poverty ; Livelihood strategies ; Smallholder agriculture ; Societal metabolism ; SDG 2 - Zero Hunger ; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Published in:	Environment, development and sustainability, Vol. 16, Issue 4 (August 2014) , p. 823-840, ISSN 1573-2975

DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9529-6

Postprint 19 p, 637.0 KB

The record appears in these collections:
Research literature > UAB research groups literature > Research Centres and Groups (research output) > Experimental sciences > Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA)
Articles > Research articles
Articles > Published articles