Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand
Agricultural growth in Thailand from the Second World War until about 1980 was dominated by a massive expansion in the land area under cultivation. During this period Thailand was probably the only country in Asia that saw an expansion in cultivated land per agricultural worker (figure 5.1). The ava...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1995
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| author | Siamwalla, Ammar |
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| description | Agricultural growth in Thailand from the Second World War until about 1980 was dominated by a massive expansion in the land area under cultivation. During this period Thailand was probably the only country in Asia that saw an expansion in cultivated land per agricultural worker (figure 5.1). The availability of land allowed agriculture to continue to absorb large amounts of labor, with the consequence that Thailand still has a larger proportion of its labor force in agriculture than other Asian countries at similar income levels (figure 5.2).1 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1572892025-01-10T06:42:43Z Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand Siamwalla, Ammar agriculture developing countries productivity income innovation agricultural development economic development industrialization agricultural policies poverty Agricultural growth in Thailand from the Second World War until about 1980 was dominated by a massive expansion in the land area under cultivation. During this period Thailand was probably the only country in Asia that saw an expansion in cultivated land per agricultural worker (figure 5.1). The availability of land allowed agriculture to continue to absorb large amounts of labor, with the consequence that Thailand still has a larger proportion of its labor force in agriculture than other Asian countries at similar income levels (figure 5.2).1 1995 2024-10-24T12:48:37Z 2024-10-24T12:48:37Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157289 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Siamwalla, Ammar. 1995. Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157289 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture developing countries productivity income innovation agricultural development economic development industrialization agricultural policies poverty Siamwalla, Ammar Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title | Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title_full | Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title_short | Land-abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences: The case of Thailand |
| title_sort | land abundant agricultural growth and some of its consequences the case of thailand |
| topic | agriculture developing countries productivity income innovation agricultural development economic development industrialization agricultural policies poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157289 |
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