In:
Cahiers d'outre-mer, PERSEE Program, Vol. 48, No. 190 ( 1995), p. 181-196
Abstract:
Animal Raising in North Vietnam ; From Collectivism to Decollectivisation. Vietnam, with 80% of its population rural, remains above all an agricultural country. Although growth continues uninterruptedly since 1986, the quality of Vietnamese agriculture is still that of a poor nation, furnishing barely 300 kgs of food per person per year. If animal raising is an integral part of this activity, it is mainly intended to supply traction power and manure in order to increase crop production rather than for food purposes. Must one, in order to explain this situation, question the collectivist system that was applied in Vietnam for nearly forty years ? The example of the continued use of oxen and buffalo in the commune of Minh Quang, North Vietnam, ever since 1956 provides an insight into the risks and errors of the system. On the other hand, an analysis of the present revival program, thanks especially to VAC (an abbreviation for garden-orchard-fish ponds-animal raising) demonstrates how a return to private family farming can be stimulating.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0373-5834
DOI:
10.3406/caoum.1995.3556
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
1995
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2414183-5
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