ABSTRACT

This paper examines the transformation of agrarian livelihoods due to crop booms at the China-Myanmar borderland. A key finding is that local villagers have rented out their land to outside investors looking to make fruit boom investments. However, the villagers neither cultivated the same crops themselves, nor were they hired as wage laborers. Overall, this study finds that crop booms provide local villagers with opportunities to reallocate natural resources and adjust their livelihoods. We argue that the dynamics of agrarian livelihoods are co-produced as the result of transnational labor migration and state-led borderland repositioning under secure land tenure relations. This study contributes to the current discussion regarding the changes undergone by an agrarian society experiencing crop booms.

摘要

本文考察了中缅边境作物繁荣导致的农业生计转变。一项重要发现是，当地村民已将土地出租给希望进行水果繁荣投资的外部投资者。然而，村民们既没有自己种植同样的作物，也没有被雇佣为雇佣劳动者。总的来说，这项研究发现，作物繁荣为当地村民提供了重新分配自然资源和调整生计的机会。我们认为，在安全的土地使用权关系下，跨国劳动力迁移和国家主导的边界重新定位共同产生了农业生计的动态。这项研究有助于当前关于经历作物繁荣的农业社会所经历的变化的讨论。