To increase farm income by improving yields and reducing cultivation costs of agricultural production implies suitable crop variety, application of appropriate technology, correct crop management practices, and adequate level of inputs. Myanmar's premium rice, Paw San Mhwe, is awarded the World...

This study forms a welcome addition to the growing number of works on the economic history of Southeast Asia. In his Foreword, Dr John F. Cady, the author of A History of Modern Burma, writes that Dr Cheng "has placed all students of Burma in her debt by this highly articulate and clarifying...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Citation of Selected Government Reports -- Introduction -- I. The Foundations of Social and Economic Development -- 1. The Delta Rice Frontier under Konbaung and Early British Rule -- II. The...