Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos
Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos. The paper highlights the...
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| author | Keovilignavong, Oulavanh Suhardiman, Diana |
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| description | Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos. The paper highlights the centrality of farmers’ strategies in configuring the dynamic relationships between tenure (in)security and food (in)security, by demonstrating how farmers’ perceived and de facto land tenure insecurity shapes their decisions to diversify livelihood options to ensure food security. While the paper’s key findings reveal the close interlinkages between land tenure (in) security and food (in)security, we argue that the first does not automatically result in the latter. In contrast, we show how perceived and de-facto land tenure insecurity pushes farmers to explore alternative strategies and avenues to ensure food supply, through farm and non-farm employment. From a policy perspective, the paper highlights the need to put people’s livelihoods at the center of land governance, thus moving beyond the current positioning of land as merely a means for agricultural production or environmental conservation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1063502024-05-01T08:17:57Z Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos Keovilignavong, Oulavanh Suhardiman, Diana land tenure perception of tenure security food security land use planning land policies household income living standards strategies farmers' attitudes non-farm employment government policy land governance highlands villages rural areas case studies Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos. The paper highlights the centrality of farmers’ strategies in configuring the dynamic relationships between tenure (in)security and food (in)security, by demonstrating how farmers’ perceived and de facto land tenure insecurity shapes their decisions to diversify livelihood options to ensure food security. While the paper’s key findings reveal the close interlinkages between land tenure (in) security and food (in)security, we argue that the first does not automatically result in the latter. In contrast, we show how perceived and de-facto land tenure insecurity pushes farmers to explore alternative strategies and avenues to ensure food supply, through farm and non-farm employment. From a policy perspective, the paper highlights the need to put people’s livelihoods at the center of land governance, thus moving beyond the current positioning of land as merely a means for agricultural production or environmental conservation. 2020-01 2019-12-31T08:59:59Z 2019-12-31T08:59:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106350 en Limited Access Elsevier Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Suhardiman, Diana. 2019. Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos. Land Use Policy, 190:104260. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104260 |
| spellingShingle | land tenure perception of tenure security food security land use planning land policies household income living standards strategies farmers' attitudes non-farm employment government policy land governance highlands villages rural areas case studies Keovilignavong, Oulavanh Suhardiman, Diana Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title | Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title_full | Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title_fullStr | Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title_short | Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos |
| title_sort | linking land tenure security with food security unpacking farm households perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of laos |
| topic | land tenure perception of tenure security food security land use planning land policies household income living standards strategies farmers' attitudes non-farm employment government policy land governance highlands villages rural areas case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106350 |
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