The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania

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Excerpt from The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania: Review of 1975 and Outlook for 1976In the Far East and Oceania, total agricultural production for 1975 showed solid gains in 11 of the 16 countries for which indices were calculated. Several of these countries, including India, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines, made gains of over 10 points above 1974's production and all gains were 4 points or more over the previous year. Perhaps even more important, those same count ries also showed substantial gains in per capita agricultural production.Only in Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan did both total and per capita agricultural production decline. In these cases unfavorable weather or adverse weather coupled with trade set backs caused output to falter. In Cambodia, Laos, and the Republic of Vietnam the political situation dominates conditions, which obscures the reporting of the economic situation to the extent that accu rate statements and estimates about the status of agriculture are hard to obtain. Accounts of both good crops and financial assistance for food imports provided by the USSR and the European Community suggest the Republic of Vietnam has a relatively favorable food situation. In contrast, reports of hunger and disorganization further east indicate that the agricultural production capacity of Cambodia has not recovered much since the change in the country's political direction. In turn, the Laos food situation appears to be adequate, but Laos has suffered a shortage of raw materials and consumer goods.Favorable weather sustained record or near record agricultural production in a number of the region's developing countries, In India, an abun dant monsoon watered traditionally drier areas with the heaviest rainfall in decades and it allowed total agricultural production to be boosted by record harvests of rice, barley, sugar, peanuts, potatoes, and vegetables. Because wheat produc tion was more affected than several other crops by policy decisions and Government manipulations, which translated into a decline in area, the Indian wheat harvest was 8 percent below the 1972 record, although it stood 11 percent above the 1974 crop.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.