Author Description

Assesses longterm trends in agricultural production and productivity in Indonesia since 1880, providing an inventory of agricultural policies relating to irrigation, agricultural education and research, rural credit supply and cooperatives, and land tenure. Evaluates the impact of these policies on agricultural production, especially production of the country's main food and export crops. Contains numerous appendices with statistics in areas such as prices, employment, livestock, and arable land. For agricultural policymakers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.