Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam

Ethnic minority youth are deeply embedded in reciprocal support with their parents through farming, even though young men are often absent, looking for casual labor work outside the village. Drawing on the concept of intergenerational relations, this study illustrates gendered experiences of a youth...

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Autores principales: Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vu Xuan Thai
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Potato Center 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113828
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author Kawarazuka, Nozomi
Nguyen Thi Van Anh
Vu Xuan Thai
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description Ethnic minority youth are deeply embedded in reciprocal support with their parents through farming, even though young men are often absent, looking for casual labor work outside the village. Drawing on the concept of intergenerational relations, this study illustrates gendered experiences of a youth transition period with a specific focus on the interactions of youth with parents and parents-in-law through agriculture. Findings show that young men and women access cash, goods and services from their kin in exchange for unpaid labor in farming and domestic work. The economic focus of research on agriculture as a source of income masks this important aspect of agriculture within ethnic minority communities. Although married young men and women in their 20s are not the formal owners of farmlands and livestock, they actively negotiate with their parents and in-laws to utilize agricultural resources to their benefits. Unpaid youth labor in agriculture should be viewed as more than a simple problem of unemployment, a lack of formal access to farmland, or a lack of individual skills. Instead, gendered experiences of ethnically marginalized youth should be reflected in relevant policies and agenda settings to support youth agriculture embedded in intergenerational reciprocal relations.
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spelling CGSpace1138282025-11-06T14:20:21Z Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam Kawarazuka, Nozomi Nguyen Thi Van Anh Vu Xuan Thai gender reproduction migration south east asia Ethnic minority youth are deeply embedded in reciprocal support with their parents through farming, even though young men are often absent, looking for casual labor work outside the village. Drawing on the concept of intergenerational relations, this study illustrates gendered experiences of a youth transition period with a specific focus on the interactions of youth with parents and parents-in-law through agriculture. Findings show that young men and women access cash, goods and services from their kin in exchange for unpaid labor in farming and domestic work. The economic focus of research on agriculture as a source of income masks this important aspect of agriculture within ethnic minority communities. Although married young men and women in their 20s are not the formal owners of farmlands and livestock, they actively negotiate with their parents and in-laws to utilize agricultural resources to their benefits. Unpaid youth labor in agriculture should be viewed as more than a simple problem of unemployment, a lack of formal access to farmland, or a lack of individual skills. Instead, gendered experiences of ethnically marginalized youth should be reflected in relevant policies and agenda settings to support youth agriculture embedded in intergenerational reciprocal relations. 2021-05 2021-05-29T02:34:45Z 2021-05-29T02:34:45Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113828 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center Kawarazuka N., Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vu Xuan Thai (2021). Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam. Social Sciences Working Paper No 2021-2. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 20 p.
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reproduction
migration
south east asia
Kawarazuka, Nozomi
Nguyen Thi Van Anh
Vu Xuan Thai
Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title_full Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title_fullStr Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title_short Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
title_sort agriculture in intergenerational relations ethnic thai youth in northern vietnam
topic gender
reproduction
migration
south east asia
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113828
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