New Agriculture and Family Transformations in the Northeastern Highlands of Cambodia
Bourdier, Frédéric
New Agriculture and Family Transformations in the Northeastern Highlands of Cambodia - 2012.
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Indigenous populations in the Ratanakiri Province have long practiced swidden (also called slash-and-burn) agriculture. Every village has a territory, within which each household clears a section of the forest in order to sow rainfed rice along with an important variety of secondary foodstuffs and non-edible products. In the past, family farming, with elaborate mutual aid systems, prevailed in the uplands. Recent national agricultural development policies have promoted cash crops. Important migrations from the lowlands tend to strengthen the market economy, propose new lifestyles, and encourage local populations to modify the way they use land. Given that natural ecosystem management systems are closely linked to kinship organization systems, the question arises as to what happens to the social and family relationships under the weight of these agro-economic changes. Based on the case of Village Pachorn in Cambodia, we will focus on the impact of agricultural changes on the relationships within the household between seniors and juniors, males and females, parents and children.
New Agriculture and Family Transformations in the Northeastern Highlands of Cambodia - 2012.
15
Indigenous populations in the Ratanakiri Province have long practiced swidden (also called slash-and-burn) agriculture. Every village has a territory, within which each household clears a section of the forest in order to sow rainfed rice along with an important variety of secondary foodstuffs and non-edible products. In the past, family farming, with elaborate mutual aid systems, prevailed in the uplands. Recent national agricultural development policies have promoted cash crops. Important migrations from the lowlands tend to strengthen the market economy, propose new lifestyles, and encourage local populations to modify the way they use land. Given that natural ecosystem management systems are closely linked to kinship organization systems, the question arises as to what happens to the social and family relationships under the weight of these agro-economic changes. Based on the case of Village Pachorn in Cambodia, we will focus on the impact of agricultural changes on the relationships within the household between seniors and juniors, males and females, parents and children.
Réseaux sociaux