Malaysia: Cassava vs. tree crops in the competition for land

The agricultural economy of Malaysia has traditionally been export-oriented. Cassava was the 1st of the export crops, established in the 1850s. Malaysia is a land-surplus, labor-scarce economy; thus cassava was planted in a shifting cultivation system giving it the image of a soil-depleting crop. Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1987
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81973

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