@article{fdi:010034732, title = {{C}entralized planning and economic reforms in a mountainous region in {V}ietnam}, author = {{C}astella, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {G}evraise, {V}. and {N}ovosad, {P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his study contributes to an understanding of the diversity of agrarian systems in the mountainous regions of northern {V}ietnam. {B}y examining over 100 small family farms, we identified the major changes in production systems that have occurred over the last 50 years. {A}ccess to land, population migration, and individual initiative were the three major factors driving household differentiation. {S}tate policies had substantial impacts on all three factors, making the {S}tate the key driving force of differentiation. {A}fter years of central planning, farmers are now free to make their own choices as they interact with their new environment: the market economy. {E}ffective farmers' organizations need to be established to provide farmers with the information and decision-making tools they need to adjust their production to fit the market. {S}omewhere between {S}tate control and total independence, community-based natural resource management schemes are needed to ensure that small family farms in the isolated mountainous areas are sustainable in the face of ineluctable macroeconomic changes.}, keywords = {{PAYS} {A} {ECONOMIE} {PLANIFIEE} ; {EXPLOITATION} {AGRICOLE} {FAMILIALE} ; {SYSTEME} {DE} {PRODUCTION} ; {ACCES} {A} {LA} {TERRE} ; {MIGRATION} ; {UTILISATION} {DU} {SOL} ; {AMENAGEMENT} {RURAL} ; {ELEVAGE} ; {BETAIL} ; {ECONOMIE} {RURALE} ; {ECONOMIE} {DE} {MARCHE} ; {AIDE} {A} {LA} {DECISION} ; {INNOVATION} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {DEVELOPPEMENT} {RURAL} ; {POLITIQUE} {AGRICOLE} ; {INTERVENTION} {DE} {L}'{ETAT} ; {ZONE} {DE} {MONTAGNE} ; {DEVELOPPEMENT} {DURABLE} ; {VIET} {NAM} ; {BANG} {TRANG}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {C}ontemporary {A}sia}, volume = {35}, numero = {2}, pages = {166--182}, ISSN = {0}, year = {2005}, DOI = {10.1080/00472330580000111}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010034732}, }