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Revitalising Peninsular Malaysia's agriculture : some areas of scope for better performance


Citation

Gibbons, E. T. and Hussein, Mohd Ariff (1986) Revitalising Peninsular Malaysia's agriculture : some areas of scope for better performance. In: Malaysian Agricultural Economics Association, 19 Apr. 1986, University of Agriculture, Serdang. (pp. 1-16).

Abstract

Malaysia's 1.9 mn agricultural workforce is characterized by low productivity, well above average age and low educational status. There is a myriad of institutions: the statistical base is weak and out of date; socioeconomists such as farm management and policy specialists are not contributing nearly enough to the identification, definition and solution of the probles. Major diversification into oil palm and the reclamation of 1.2 mn. ha. of the jungle. These advances have been largely nullified by the steep increase in the area of idle land and an almost-complete "productivity stagnation" in most of agriculture. Peninsular Malaysia could, it is argued, increase its agricultural production by 72%.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subject: Agriculture - Economic aspects - Peninsular Malaysia - Congresses
Subject: Agricultural productivity - Peninsular Malaysia - Congresses
Subject: Agricultural resources - Peninsular Malaysia - Congresses
Depositing User: Erni Suraya Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited: 26 Apr 2013 04:59
Last Modified: 13 May 2015 07:52
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19225
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