Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2011
Abstract
The increased role for agribusiness and larger scale production in China’s agricultural system is limited by China’s severe lack of arable land. The Household Responsibility System provides farmers a measure of power, hampering agribusiness from acquiring land needed for expansion. Some Chinese companies have sought cheaper and often more accessible land in nearby regions, including Southeast Asia. While such investments have the potential to deliver benefits, including increased productivity, structural constraints such as weak land ownership and environmental laws, highly unequal distribution of land and underdevelopment of peasant organizations prevent many poorer farmers from benefiting from these investments.
Keywords
China, Southeast Asia, agriculture, land
Discipline
Agribusiness | Asian Studies | Rural Sociology
Research Areas
Sociology; Political Science
Publication
International Journal of China Studies
Volume
2
Issue
2
First Page
289
Last Page
310
ISSN
2180-3250
Publisher
University of Malaysia, Institute of China Studies
Citation
LUO, Phoebe Mingxuan, DONALDSON, John A., & ZHANG, Qian Forrest.(2011). The Transformation of China’s Agriculture System and its Impact on Southeast Asia. International Journal of China Studies, 2(2), 289-310.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1087
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