Gambling With the Land: The Contemporary Evolution of Southeast Asian Agriculture - Couverture rigide

Koninck, Rodolphe De

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9971695537 ISBN 13 : 9789971695538

Editeur : NUS Press, 2012

Synopsis

Since the early 1960s, Southeast Asia countries have satisfied local demand for food while catering increasingly to the world market for agricultural produce, primarily through the export of industrial crops. Local production of food, particularly rice, has kept pace with population growth, while a massive intensification of cultivation along with territorial expansion of the agricultural realm have improved food security as a whole, although not for every country in the region. Expansion is also occurring in the maritime domain, with aquaculture growing even faster than land-based cultivation. Both forms of expansion have increased pressure on environmental resources, especially on forests, including coastal stands of mangrove. Countries in the region are gambling higher production levels can be sustained without jeopardising regional food security, and the stakes are very high.

Gambling with the Land surveys and analyses the production and trade of major agricultural crops throughout Southeast Asia between 1960 and the first decade of the 21st century. After reviewing the post-colonial role of agriculture in the eight major agricultural countries - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines - the authors examine regional patterns of population growth and agricultural employment, positioning the region within broader world trends. Their carefully documented investigation highlights a number of salient processes as characteristics of the region's still rapidly expanding agricultural sector, and evaluates future prospects based on current trends.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rodolphe de Koninck is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Montreal, Canada and holder of the Canada Chair of Asian Research.

Jean-François Rousseau is a doctoral candidate in geography at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NUS Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9971695537
• ISBN 13: 9789971695538
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Éditeur: Rousseau Jean-François
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