TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - The paper analyzes the relationship between the allocation of labor and land of the households, the number of crops grown and the number of income sources of the households with different types of shocks and risks. It uses the data from the first phase of the household survey in three provinces of Central of Vietnam, conducted within the scope of the DFG research project “Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty: consequences for development of emerging Southeast Asian economies”. The results suggest that the households diversify their portfolio (labor and land) into different income generating activities in order to cope with shocks. Among the different types of shocks and risks, agriculture and economic shocks and risks are the main factors to explain the (ex-post) risk-coping strategies and the (ex-ante) risk management of the households. The number of crops grown and the number of income sources from the households experienced with shocks are higher than others. In addition, the high-risk expectation households diversify their labor and land more than the low risk expectation households. The access to credit and market, the number of household labor, the education of the household head, and the wealth of the household are also very important factors that impact on the diversification level of the households.
AU  - Duc, Tung Phung
AU  - Waibel, Hermann
DA  - 2009-10
DA  - 2009-10
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.53255
DO  - doi
ID  - 53255
KW  - Farm Management
KW  - Labor and Human Capital
KW  - Diversification
KW  - risk management
KW  - risk coping strategies
KW  - Vietnam
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53255/files/v9_53255.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53255/files/v9_53255.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53255/files/v9_53255.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53255/files/v9_53255.pdf
N2  - The paper analyzes the relationship between the allocation of labor and land of the households, the number of crops grown and the number of income sources of the households with different types of shocks and risks. It uses the data from the first phase of the household survey in three provinces of Central of Vietnam, conducted within the scope of the DFG research project “Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty: consequences for development of emerging Southeast Asian economies”. The results suggest that the households diversify their portfolio (labor and land) into different income generating activities in order to cope with shocks. Among the different types of shocks and risks, agriculture and economic shocks and risks are the main factors to explain the (ex-post) risk-coping strategies and the (ex-ante) risk management of the households. The number of crops grown and the number of income sources from the households experienced with shocks are higher than others. In addition, the high-risk expectation households diversify their labor and land more than the low risk expectation households. The access to credit and market, the number of household labor, the education of the household head, and the wealth of the household are also very important factors that impact on the diversification level of the households.
PY  - 2009-10
PY  - 2009-10
T1  - Diversification in land and labor allocation in response to shocks among small-scale farmers in central Vietnam
TI  - Diversification in land and labor allocation in response to shocks among small-scale farmers in central Vietnam
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53255/files/v9_53255.pdf
Y1  - 2009-10
ER  -