CiNii Books - A rice village saga : three decades of green revolution in the Philippines

Waves of modernizing forces, such as the commercialisation of new technology, have been pressing major change upon rural communities in the Third World. But has modernization created greater poverty and inequality? A unique data set generated from eleven surveys during 1966-87 in a typical rice village in the Philippines, illustrates a pattern of socio-economic change shared by many lowland rice areas in the Philippines as well as in other Asian economies. The authors present the lessons drawn from thirty years of detailed empirical research.

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Abstract List of Figures List of Tables Preface Abbreviations Glossary Prologue Approach to a Village Chronology of the Village Population Growth and Evolution of Households Agrarian Structure and Land Reform Diffusion of New Rice Technology Community and State in Irrigation Management Community and Market in Labour Relations Farmers and Middlemen in Rice Marketing Emergence of Rural-Based Industries Income Growth and Distributional Change Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Notes Bibliography Index

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The rice belt of Laguna Province, Philippines (popularly known as the heartland of the Green Revolution for its early adoption of modern rice varieties), has experienced dramatic economic and social changes in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Besides the major advances in new rice technology, four major forces have prompted change: increasing population pressure on limited land; implementation of land reform programs; developments in infrastructure such as irrigation and roads; and penetration of urban economic activities. A unique data set generated from many surveys during the period 1966-97 in a typical village in Laguna, as put together in this book, illustrates a pattern of socio-economic change shared by many irrigated rice areas in the Philippines as well as in other Asian economies.

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Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Prologue: The Village Found Chapter 3 Approach to a Village Chapter 4 Chronology of the Village Chapter 5 Population Growth and the Evolution of Households Chapter 6 Agrarian Structure and Land Reform Chapter 7 Diffusion of New Rice Technology Chapter 8 Community and State in Irrigation Management Chapter 9 Community and Market in Labour Relations Chapter 10 Farmers and Middlemen in Rice Marketing Chapter 11 The Emergence of Rural-based Industries Chapter 12 Income Growth and Distributional Change Chapter 13 Epilogue: Will the Village Remain a Village

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