Research Catalog

Title

The rice sector of peninsular Malaysia : a rural paradox / P.P. Courtenay.

Author

Courtenay, P. P. (Percy Philip)

Publication

Sydney : Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin, 1995.

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Details

Description

xviii, 181 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

During the period of colonial rule in Malaya, official interest in the subsistence sector - primarily rice - was limited, spasmodic, and largely concerned with maintaining the status quo in social and political terms. Since 1960 this situation has changed markedly: the rice sector has been the focus of both intensive scientific and economic scrutiny and of substantial investment ranging from irrigation schemes and rural electrification to agricultural extension services and improvements in village education. Despite this attention, the rice sector is responsible for the majority of those Malaysians living in poverty and is the source of most of the country's rural migrants. This book examines all facets of the Malaysian rice industry - the land tenure and inheritance systems, the policies of the colonial period, and especially the post-independence drive to improve the economic lot of the rice farmers. It looks closely at the adoption of green revolution technology and explores the reasons that continue to keep tens of thousands of rural families in poverty.

Series Statement

Southeast Asia publication series ; no. 27

Uniform Title

Southeast Asia publications series ; no. 27.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Rice trade > Malaysia > Malaya > History > 20th century
• Rice trade
• Reisanbau
• Landwirtschaftsentwicklung
• Malaya
• Malaysia

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-172) and index.

Contents

Glossary of Malay Terms -- Glossary of Political Terms -- Malay spelling -- 1. "The Battle for Long Term Development..." -- and Introduction -- 2. "... Rice ... Occupies the Wide Valleys and the Coast Plain" -- the Environmental Production -- 3. "... Advantageous to Concentrate on the Most profitable Crops..." -- the Colonial Experience -- 4. "... To Improve the Living Standards of the Padi Growing Population" -- Post-independence Policies towards the Rice Sector -- 5. "... Immiserising Growth...?" -- Some Consequences of the Technocratic Approach -- 6. "Some Form of Land Consolidation is Imperative..." -- New Policy Directions -- 7. "Ecological Necessity ... Combines with the Urgency of Welfare Considerations" -- Future Ways Forward? -- Appendix A note on rice statistics

ISBN

• 1863739912
• 9781863739917

LCCN

96146448

OCLC

• ocm34632274
• 34632274
• SCSB-2087507

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library