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abstract: 'The paper aims to identify the rationality of peasant communities and
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their contribution to rural development in Kampong Thom province. To do
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so, an interdisciplinary analytical framework addresses the dynamics of
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land use and land tenure, the strategies of labor force allocation as
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well as the determinants of land and labor agricultural productivities
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amongst peasant communities. It rests on details field surveys in two
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communes located in very distinct agro-ecological settings of Kampong
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Thom province. A land use change analysis based on time-series aerial
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photos is conducted with participatory inventories of natural resources.
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It shows that endogenous management of forest and fisheries resources
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generate significant incomes and, at the same time, contribute to
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maintaining biodiversity. The paper analyses how this contribution is
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challenged by the non-peasant actors involved in massive State land
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privatization. Aiming to full employment, peasant households enjoy a
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great flexibility in the way they allocate labor force, especially in
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line with the age of active labor and the fluctuation of labor
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opportunity costs. Principally due to an unequal land holding
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distribution, agricultural income is unfairly distributed but this
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inequality is actually balanced by the access to common-pool resources
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of crucial importance for the poorest and by the recourse to non farming
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activities, which is an important factor of socio-economic
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differentiation amongst households. The main economic indicators of rice
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production confirm that peasant households always try to maximize their
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income in step with the production factor they have in relatively less
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amount. A land market simulation stresses that, contrarily to
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theoretical assumptions, land access through sale ( and purchase) does
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not result in a fairer land distribution. Nevertheless, land leases
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amongst peasant households seem more promising to ensure equitable
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access to land as they are embedded in collective security mechanisms
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activated by peasantry. The paper argues that peasant communities in the
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studied area constitute a solid basis for rural development as they
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offer a very good articulation between economic efficiency, social
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justice and environmental sustainability. Finally, recommendations are
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formulated to properly address peasant contribution to rural development
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in the new national agrarian policies.'
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affiliation: 'Diepart, JC (Corresponding Author), Univ Liege, Gembloux Agrobio Tech
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Econ \& Rural Dev Unit, Passage Deportes 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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Diepart, Jean-Christophe, Univ Liege, Gembloux Agrobio Tech Econ \& Rural Dev Unit,
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B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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Diepart, Jean-Christophe, German Dev Serv, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.'
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author: Diepart, Jean-Christophe
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author-email: jc\_diepart@online.com.kh
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author_list:
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- family: Diepart
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given: Jean-Christophe
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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issn: 1370-6233
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journal: BIOTECHNOLOGIE AGRONOMIE SOCIETE ET ENVIRONNEMENT
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keywords: 'Agricultural economics and policies; decision rules; farming systems and
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practices; geographic information system and remote sensing; land
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tenure; rural development; sustainable natural resources management;
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rural livelihoods; rural sociology; Cambodia'
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language: English
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '32'
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orcid-numbers: Diepart, Jean-Christophe/0000-0001-8979-0632
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pages: 321-340
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papis_id: 94943266c7dce3335ca8a086b6ec9141
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ref: Diepart2010cambodianpeasants
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researcherid-numbers: Diepart, Jean-Christophe/AEM-2382-2022
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times-cited: '14'
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title: 'Cambodian peasant''s contribution to rural development: a perspective from
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Kampong Thom Province'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000282403300005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '34'
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volume: '14'
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web-of-science-categories: Agronomy; Biotechnology \& Applied Microbiology; Environmental
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Sciences
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year: '2010'
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