LAND TENURE IN RURAL LOWLAND MYANMAR - From historical perspectives to contemporary realities in the Dry zone and the Delta - English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ) | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
novembre 2016
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
OBL:98889

This study emerged out of an identified need to document social
processes leading to land insecurity, and those leading to investment
and sustainable use of lands by rural populations. Focusing on the
Delta and Dry Zone, the main paddy producing regions of Myanmar,
this analysis unravels the powers at play in shaping rural households’
relationship to land. From British colonization to the 2012 reforms,
many issues have remained relatively unchanged with regards to
local dynamics of landlessness, exclusion processes, local power plays,
restrictions in farmers’ land rights and the State’s excessive focus on
rice. In the midst of a fast evolving legal context, this work provides a
typology of farmers and the landless and argues that more attention
needs to be paid to understand the diversity of rural households and
forms of landlessness.

Auteurs et éditeurs

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

M. Boutry
C. Allaverdian
M. Mellac
S. Huard
U San Thein
Tin Myo Win
Khin Pyae Sone

Publisher(s): 

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Concentration géographique

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