Tourism and Sustainable Livelihoods: the case of Taiwan

In response to increasing pressure on the agriculture sector, the Taiwan government has implemented a number of development projects, many of which focus on agricultural tourism, to help farmers diversify their sources of income. This article, applying a sustainable livelihood (sl) framework, aims t...

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Published in:Third world quarterly 2008-07, Vol.29 (5), p.961-978
Main Author: Lee, Ming-Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural development
Agricultural economics
Agricultural management
Agricultural production
Case Studies
Crop economics
Crop production
Crops
Developing countries
Ecology
Family farms
Farmers
Farming
Industrial agriculture
LDCs
Leisure economics
Leisure industry
Rural development
Standard of Living
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable Development
Taiwan
Tourism
Urban agriculture
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Summary:In response to increasing pressure on the agriculture sector, the Taiwan government has implemented a number of development projects, many of which focus on agricultural tourism, to help farmers diversify their sources of income. This article, applying a sustainable livelihood (sl) framework, aims to provide an understanding of the effects of pick-your-own (pyo) farms, as one type of agricultural tourism, upon farmers' livelihoods. Preliminary results indicate that the pyo farm programme has encouraged participant farmers to adopt a series of strategies to benefit from the government-led initiatives and that transforming processes (eg government policies, regulations and institutions) have significantly affected farmers' decisions on livelihood strategies. The article shows that the impact of agricultural tourism in Taiwan is highly complex and that assessment of its contribution to farmers' livelihoods cannot be limited to farm-level economic analysis.
ISSN:0143-6597
1360-2241
DOI:10.1080/01436590802106148