Land rental in a multi-ethnic society: Insights from Southwest China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan;2. School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;3. Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;4. Dehong Institute of Tropical Agricultural Sciences in Yunnan Province, Ruili 678600, China;1. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;2. Department of Surveying & Geodesy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;1. School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, 310058, Hangzhou, PR China;2. Law School, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, 315211, Ningbo, PR China;3. Land Academy for National Development, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, 310058, Hangzhou, PR China;4. Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, P.O. Box 9046, 7300 GH, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands;5. University of Twente, Faculty ITC, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands;6. China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, No.37 West Guanyingyuan District, 100035, Beijing, PR China;1. Environmental Geography Group, IVM Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands;2. IRD, UMR GRED- UPVM/IRD and CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France;3. Department of Geography, Ramkhamhaeng University, 2086 Ramkhamhaeng Rd, Bangkapi 10240, Bangkok, Thailand;4. CIRAD, UMR TETIS, Tunis, Tunisia and TETIS, Université Montpellier, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, IRSTEA, Montpellier, France;5. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;1. College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, No. 1 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400716, China;2. Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan;1. China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China;2. Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz University Hannover, Gebäude 1503, Königsworther Platz 1, Hannover 30167, Germany;1. College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China;2. Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10049, China;4. Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This study presents detailed evidence on the characteristics, processes, and consequences of land rental practices in a multi-ethnic rural society in Yunnan Province, Southwest China, which have rarely been explored. It contributes to the existing literature on land rental and control by considering the dimension of ethnicity. The findings show the following: Interethnic land rental is a very common and noteworthy feature in the selected Han-Jingpo multi-ethnic rural society. Han ethnic households rented and accumulated a large proportion of farmland and forestland from neighbouring Jingpo ethnic households. This was done to expand cash crops and timber forest, as opposed to the activities of Jingpo ethnic households. Interethnic land rental was mainly triggered by different development capabilities and attitudes towards agricultural commercialization supported by differences in resource assets due to ethnic living patterns and other dynamic socio-political reasons. Consequently, Jingpo ethnic households are experiencing an increasing income gap due largely to declines in farmland and forestland, while possibilities for positive interethnic interactions were found. These findings are relevant for rethinking land rental policies in China and also provide useful insights for rural sustainability in any multi-ethnic area where interethnic interactions of land or other resources coexist. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnicity Land rental Intimate exclusion Land use change Livelihood Yunnan |
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