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XV. Land Tenure Systems and Rural Development in India and Indonesia in the Colonial Period: A Comparative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Djoko Suryo
Affiliation:
University of Yogyakarta

Extract

In most studies of land policy in Asian nations, there is general recognition that agriculture is troubled by problems of landownership, particularly in the landlord-tenant relationship. Many observers point out that these are the principal issues confronting agriculture and the peasantry in most Asian countries. Looking at India and Indonesia, there are a number of problems with differing characteristics in the both areas, such as reform in land tenure and rural social structure, production increase and improvement in marketing distribution, and the credit system.

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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1987

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Notes

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8 Banerjea, Pramathanath, Study of Indian Economics, 195. Patni, or dar-patni means ‘perpetual immediate undertenure of zamindary. A holder of such undertenure’Google Scholar.

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26 Some of the m which can be mentioned here are: kuli kenceng (Kediri, Madiun), sikep (Peka-longan), wong tani (Semarang), kuli, kerih (Banyumas), gogol (Surabaya, Pasuruan), etc. See Eindresumë I, 60-61, 193-198.

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