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Recent Changes In Rice Harvesting
Methods: Some Serious Social Implications
William L. Collier, Gunawan Wiradi and Soentoro
Surveys carried out by the Agro-Economic Survey in
December 1972 and January 1973 give indications that
changes are taking place in systems of rice harvesting and
marketing in Java which may be of great significance. If these
changes, which appear to have taken place in a rather short
period of time, spread widely throughout Java they may have
very important social implications. The changes were observed
in the course of a number of sample surveys under- taken in
four villages in the major rice producing areas of Central Java.
Some 120 rice farmers and a number of village officials and
traders were interviewed.
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