A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines

by Yujiro Hayami and Masao Kikuchi

This detailed case study explores the dramatic economic and social changes that the rice belt of Laguna Province has experienced in the last quarter-century. Besides major advances in rice technology, increasing population pressure, land reform programs, growing infrastructure, and urban economic activities have accelerated the pace of change. Utilizing a unique data set built from numerous surveys from 1966 to 1997 in a typical Laguna village, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0389210234
• ISBN13: 9780389210238
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"