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Surplus mobilisation in farm agriculture: A comparison of Java and Japan, 1870-1940

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This paper compares the degree to which farm agriculture surpluses in pre-World War II Java and Japan were mobilised for non-agricultural investment through taxation, landlordism and private savings. It also compares government efforts in both countries to spur productivity and farm income in rice agriculture through improvements in irrigation structures and the development and dissemination of seedfertiliser technology. The pressure of the land tax, the spread of tenant farming, and the degree to which rural savings were deposited were significantly lower in Java than in Japan. Pre-war conditions in rice agriculture were less conducive in Java than they were in Japan to the development and dissemination of seed-fertiliser technology, which could spur farm productivity and contribute to surplus mobilisation.

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  • Pierre van der Eng, 2006. "Surplus mobilisation in farm agriculture: A comparison of Java and Japan, 1870-1940," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 35-58.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bindes:v:42:y:2006:i:1:p:35-58
    DOI: 10.1080/00074910600632369
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    1. Aloysius Gunadi BRATA, 2021. "The Influence Of Colonial Railways On Java Economic Geography," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 16(2), pages 39-54, May.
    2. Brata, Aloysius Gunadi, 2017. "Exploring the Influence of Colonial Railways on Java's Economic Geography," MPRA Paper 80097, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Pierre van der Eng, 2016. "After 200 years, why is Indonesia’s cadastral system still incomplete?," CEH Discussion Papers 046, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.

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