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The Impact Of Both Colonial Economic Policies And Western Enterprise On Indigenous Agriculture In Indonesia Has Long Been A Matter Of Contention Among Scholars. This Book Provides The First Quantification And Assessment Of The Broad Long-term Trends In Agricultural Production And Productivity Since 1880. It Is The First Comprehensive Inventory Of Agricultural Policies And Their Impact On Agricultural Production During The Colonial Era And After Independence. It Stresses The Continuity In The Development Of Both Agricultural Productivity And Policies From The Colonial Era Until Today. Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List Of Tables; List Of Figures; List Of Abbreviations And Acronyms; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Agricultural Growth And Productivity Change; 2.1 Measuring Total Production; 2.2 Measuring Inputs; 2.3 Productivity Change; 3 Managing Technological Change In Agriculture; 3.1 Irrigation; 3.2 Agricultural Research; 3.3 Agricultural Extension; 3.4 Agricultural Education; 3.5 Rural Credit Supply And Agricultural Cooperatives; 3.6 Land Tenure And Access To Land; 3.7 Public Expenditure On Agricultural Development; 4 Four Major Crops 4.1 The Main Food Crop: Rice4.2 The Dynamic Role Of Cassava In Food Production; 4.3 The Main Colonial Plantation Crop: Sugar; 4.4 Rubber: A Smallholder And Plantation Crop; 5 Conclusion; Appendices; I Gross Value Added In Agriculture; 2 Price Indices Of Agricultural Production; 3 Population And Employment; 4 Arable Land; 5 Livestock; 6 Production Main Food Crops; 7 Harvested Area; 8 Public Expenditure On Irrigation And Agriculture; Notes And References; Bibliography; Index By Pierre Van Der Eng. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 342-369) And Index.