Rice Village Saga Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines

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 authors illustrate a pattern of socioeconomic development shared by irrigated rice areas throughout Asia.Hayami, Yujiro is the author of 'Rice Village Saga Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines' with ISBN 9780389210238 and ISBN 0389210234.