Chapter Rethinking Agriculture Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries

The agriculture remains a strategic sector of the economy, despite the widespread decline in its share in GDP production and employment. Its development is observed as a key factor in maintaining food security, as well as reducing poverty. The GMS’s agriculture is characterized by lagging growth rat...

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description The agriculture remains a strategic sector of the economy, despite the widespread decline in its share in GDP production and employment. Its development is observed as a key factor in maintaining food security, as well as reducing poverty. The GMS’s agriculture is characterized by lagging growth rates in comparison with other sectors of the national economy. However, the GMS’s agriculture has shown positive changes. First of all, countries in the region are following a path of intensification, so the yield has increased steadily, although its strong dependence on variable weather conditions is major risk. Much of the agricultural land in the GMS is prone to floods, droughts or both. At the same time, despite the growth in labor productivity, its increase was not significant. The structure of agricultural production has begun to change. Traditionally monoculture production, specializing in rice cultivation, is gradually diversifying into secondary cash crop production, which is helping to increase cash production and agricultural exports. Agriculture in the GMS has been shifting from traditional subsistence to modern commercial farming. Peasant farms are increasingly oriented to the regional and world markets. They begin to produce products with comparative advantages, participating in the regional division of labor. The construction of vertically integrated enterprises and value chains within the framework of the GMS is also taking place. The positive effect of integration processes is the convergence of prices on the regional agricultural market and direct impact on global consumers. This article examines the features and achievements of agriculture, as well as highlights the challenges and problems.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1562532025-03-07T15:06:11Z Chapter Rethinking Agriculture Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries Burova, Elena South China Sea People Republic of China United States Asia Cambodia Humanized birth Taiwan issue cross-strait relations crisis ASEAN diplomatic mission The agriculture remains a strategic sector of the economy, despite the widespread decline in its share in GDP production and employment. Its development is observed as a key factor in maintaining food security, as well as reducing poverty. The GMS’s agriculture is characterized by lagging growth rates in comparison with other sectors of the national economy. However, the GMS’s agriculture has shown positive changes. First of all, countries in the region are following a path of intensification, so the yield has increased steadily, although its strong dependence on variable weather conditions is major risk. Much of the agricultural land in the GMS is prone to floods, droughts or both. At the same time, despite the growth in labor productivity, its increase was not significant. The structure of agricultural production has begun to change. Traditionally monoculture production, specializing in rice cultivation, is gradually diversifying into secondary cash crop production, which is helping to increase cash production and agricultural exports. Agriculture in the GMS has been shifting from traditional subsistence to modern commercial farming. Peasant farms are increasingly oriented to the regional and world markets. They begin to produce products with comparative advantages, participating in the regional division of labor. The construction of vertically integrated enterprises and value chains within the framework of the GMS is also taking place. The positive effect of integration processes is the convergence of prices on the regional agricultural market and direct impact on global consumers. This article examines the features and achievements of agriculture, as well as highlights the challenges and problems. 2025-03-07T15:06:10Z 2025-03-07T15:06:10Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383313108_1903 9788383313108 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156253 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/602 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-310-8.10 10.18778/8331-310-8.10 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383313108 187-200 open access
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People Republic of China
United States
Asia
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Taiwan issue
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crisis
ASEAN
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Chapter Rethinking Agriculture Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries
title Chapter Rethinking Agriculture Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries
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topic South China Sea
People Republic of China
United States
Asia
Cambodia
Humanized birth
Taiwan issue
cross-strait relations
crisis
ASEAN
diplomatic mission
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