Peasant Household Strategies and Socio-Economic Differentiation: A Comparison of Transmigrants in South Sumatra and the Moluccas

农业转型在2004年受到相当大的关注， 关于发展中国家社会和经济变革的文献 世界各国。 社会经济分化 在家庭或村庄一级，对农民的了解很少， 特别是在家庭策略方面， 企业和劳动力流动。 本项目将调查 农民的社会和经济分化 印度尼西亚移民计划的背景。 根据本 计划，在爪哇和巴厘岛的贫困，无地家庭被招募 搬到外岛的新定居点 获得土地、津贴和农业培训。 这 为科普人口增长和森林砍伐问题所作的努力 内岛被其他国家视为一个可能的解决方案， 人口过剩及其相关问题。 小 据了解，这一安置计划对 移民，特别是他们的经济行为及其 对家庭的影响。 这一试点项目将采用调查， 深入采访和焦点小组来检查 地区和家庭的社会经济差异 在选定的地区， 印尼 传统农业继续主导农民 世界上大多数发展中国家的经济。 在许多领域， 经济发展促进了商品化， 农村经济，带来深刻的社会和经济变革 威胁到农民经济的生存。 这个项目 将提供关于分化如何进行的新知识， 这是政府资助的移民。 它还将完善 在新定居地区进行研究的方法， 经历着快速的社会经济变革。 的结果 研究将不仅为理论提供信息，还将为政策提供信息， 重要的区域发展战略。

Agrarian transformation receives considerable attention in the literature on social and economic change in the developing nations of the world. Socio-economic differentiation of the peasantry is poorly understood at the household or village level, particularly with respect to household strategies of petty enterprise and labor mobility. This project will investigate social and economic differentiation of the peasantry in the context of the Indonesian Transmigration program. Under this program, poor, landless households in Java and Bali are recruited to move to the outer islands to new settlements where they receive land, allowances and training in agriculture. This attempt to cope with population growth and deforestation of the inner islands is seen by other nations as a possible solution to problems of overpopulation and its associated problems. Little is known about the impact of this resettlement scheme on the transmigrants, particularly their economic behavior and its effect on the household. This pilot project will employ surveys, in-depth interviews, and focus groups to examine the process of socio-economic differentiation at the regional and household level in selected areas involved in the transmigration program in Indonesia. Traditional agriculture continues to dominate the peasant economies of most developing parts of the world. In many areas, economic development has contributed to the commercialization of rural economies, leading to profound social and economic changes which threaten the viability of peasant economies. This project will provide new knowledge about how differentiation proceeds as a result of government sponsored migration. It will also refine a methodology for doing research in newly settled areas which are undergoing rapid socio-economic change. The results of this research will inform not only theory but also policy regarding an important regional development strategy.