Irrigation Development and Cereal Production in Asia

Kunio Takase

Asian Development Review (ADR), 1984, vol. 02, issue 02, 80-91

Abstract: During the past 15 years, the overall progress in the production of cereals in Asia was impressive. Many factors contributed to this performance, but probably the most important was the expansion and improvement of irrigation, drainage, and flood control facilities. At the beginning of the 1980s, total production of cereals in 15 Asian developing countries was nearly 50 per cent higher than in the mid-1960s, while the population increased by about 30 per cent over the period. As a result, there was an improvement in the average calorie intake per capita of about 5 per cent. However, there were marked differences among these countries. Calorie intake per capita increased considerably in the East and Southeast Asian countries but declined in the “Indochina†countries and in some South Asian countries…

Date: 1984
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