Rural Thailand : change and continuity / Porphant Ouyyanont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porphant Ouyyanont, author.

Series:

Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2016 no. 8.

Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2016 no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Thailand.

Rural development.

Rural population--Thailand.

Rural population.

Thailand--Rural conditions.

Thailand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Despite rapid industrialization in Thailand, the contribution of agriculture to GDP remains unusually high. The share of agricultural employment in total employment has also remained high, relative to the country's income level, as has the share of the rural population relative to the total population. Agribusiness has grown significantly, and there has been a rise in the number of large and strongly financed commercial farms that are less labour intensive. Contract farming has also been developing. The introduction of a rice premium by the government obstructed the modernization of the agricultural rice sector and caused the rice share in GDP to steadily decline, while that for upland crops such as cassava, maize, sugarcane, and oil palm increased. However, rice remains the most important crop. The high proportion of the population still living in rural areas and working in the agricultural sector attests to the resilience of that sector in the face of industrialization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

AN UNUSUALLY SMALL REDUCTION IN THE RURAL POPULATION

CHANGES IN RURAL AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION

CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE RURAL ECONOMY

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL THAILAND

THE TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Mar 2019).

ISBN:

9789814762489

9814762482

OCLC:

1096436808