Trends and determinants of compulsory land recovery on households’ income in industrialized and urbanized areas: A case study of My Phuoc town - Ben Cat district - Binh Duong province

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to examine trends and determinants of compulsory land recovery on households’ income in Binh Duong Province through a case study of My Phuoc industrial zone development project. More precisely, it is aimed at investigating the impacts of compulsory land recovery on farm households’ livelihood and income strategies both ante- and post-land recovery periods. The qualitative and quantitative analysis methods were applied in this study. The findings figure out that households’ livelihoods have been drastically transformed due to compulsory land recovery towards diversifying their income and shifting into non-farm activities. This livelihood adjustment was strongly determined by both ante- and post-land recovered farm households’ livelihood assets. More importantly, that the income of post-land recovered farm households has been improved, but unstable and highly vulnerable to external conditions. The determinants of ante- and post-land recovered farm households’ income were significantly different. It is firmly concluded that farm households’ livelihood transformation due to compulsory land recovery for the industrialization and urbanization process is both adaptive and coping strategies