Rice Economy and Land Tenure in West Malaysia: A Comparative Study of Eight VillagesComparison of the agricultural economy and land tenure systems of eight rice farming villages of West Malaysia - discusses rural communitys, drainage and irrigation problems, cultivation techniques, agricultural mechanization, etc.; examines farm size, tenancy relations, rural employment, fishing, agricultural income, indebtedness as well as the agricultural tax system. Bibliography, glossary of Malay terms, maps, photographs and statistical tables. |
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LAND AND RICE ECONOMY | 6 |
APPENDIX TABLES | 128 |
Conclusion | 161 |
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according acres of rice agricultural laborer Akir Akir and Kampung Alor Setar amil amount of zakat APPENDIX TABLE Area Owner average Banjermasin buffalo canals cash cent Chinese Condition Non-kinship Condition cultivated Rented Department of Religious dollars double-cropping drainage economic family labor Fishing Fitrah Committee gantang harvesting hired labor irrigation Islamic Kampung Aris Kampung Batu 12 Kampung Sungei Bujor Kariah Masjid Committee Kedah Kelantan khadi Kinship Condition Non-kinship Krian Kuala Kurau Kuala Lumpur land preparation land tenure Landownership Malay farmers Malay rice farming Malaya mosque Mukim mutual assistance naleh naleh/r nisab off-farm employment officials owner farmers padi Pahang Parit Buntar Part-time penghulu Perak pikul purchase Relationship to Lessors relatives Religious Affairs relong rice cultivation rice farmers rice fields rice growing areas rice land rice mill sultan Sungei Megat Aris tajak Tanjong Karang tenant farmer village society villages studied wage labor Zakat and Fitrah zakat collection zakat system