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Gambling With the Land: The Contemporary Evolution of Southeast Asian Agriculture [Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA)]
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Gambling With the Land: The Contemporary Evolution of Southeast Asian Agriculture [Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA)]
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rousseau, Jean-Francois. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971695538
SKU
V9789971695538
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Ref
99-1
About Roger Hargreaves
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.
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