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National specialization policy versus farmers’ priorities: Balancing subsistence farming and cash cropping in Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-9851
abstract The Nepali Government is currently implementing policies for a radical agricultural transformation into large-scale, mechanized, specialized and commercial farming. However, the peasants prioritize diversified subsistence production of resilient and versatile food crops and regard cash crops only as a supplement. Cash cropping represents a potentially profitable income source but involves risk. Complete agricultural commercialization would jeopardize household and community food security, weaken trust- and reciprocity-based social mechanisms for exchanging food and labour, and break with traditions. Peasants’ motivations for balancing subsistence and market production are multiple and interrelated because their economic pursuits are deeply embedded in social and cultural structures.
Highlights Governmental rural policy promotes specialization and commercialization in farming. Peasant farmers instead prioritize to diversify crops for own use and for sale. Farmers apply a subsistence logic and a market logic on different parts of the land. The farming economy is deeply embedded in social and cultural structures. Food security, risk spreading, reciprocity, loyalty and tradition influence choices.
National specialization policy versus farmers’ priorities: Balancing subsistence farming and cash cropping in Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-9851
abstract The Nepali Government is currently implementing policies for a radical agricultural transformation into large-scale, mechanized, specialized and commercial farming. However, the peasants prioritize diversified subsistence production of resilient and versatile food crops and regard cash crops only as a supplement. Cash cropping represents a potentially profitable income source but involves risk. Complete agricultural commercialization would jeopardize household and community food security, weaken trust- and reciprocity-based social mechanisms for exchanging food and labour, and break with traditions. Peasants’ motivations for balancing subsistence and market production are multiple and interrelated because their economic pursuits are deeply embedded in social and cultural structures.
Highlights Governmental rural policy promotes specialization and commercialization in farming. Peasant farmers instead prioritize to diversify crops for own use and for sale. Farmers apply a subsistence logic and a market logic on different parts of the land. The farming economy is deeply embedded in social and cultural structures. Food security, risk spreading, reciprocity, loyalty and tradition influence choices.
National specialization policy versus farmers’ priorities: Balancing subsistence farming and cash cropping in Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-9851
abstract The Nepali Government is currently implementing policies for a radical agricultural transformation into large-scale, mechanized, specialized and commercial farming. However, the peasants prioritize diversified subsistence production of resilient and versatile food crops and regard cash crops only as a supplement. Cash cropping represents a potentially profitable income source but involves risk. Complete agricultural commercialization would jeopardize household and community food security, weaken trust- and reciprocity-based social mechanisms for exchanging food and labour, and break with traditions. Peasants’ motivations for balancing subsistence and market production are multiple and interrelated because their economic pursuits are deeply embedded in social and cultural structures.
Highlights Governmental rural policy promotes specialization and commercialization in farming. Peasant farmers instead prioritize to diversify crops for own use and for sale. Farmers apply a subsistence logic and a market logic on different parts of the land. The farming economy is deeply embedded in social and cultural structures. Food security, risk spreading, reciprocity, loyalty and tradition influence choices.
National specialization policy versus farmers’ priorities: Balancing subsistence farming and cash cropping in Nepal
Holmelin, Nina Bergan (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 83 ; 71-80
2021-02-25
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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