A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines

Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Figures......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Preface......Page 16
Prologue: The Village Found......Page 18
1 Approach to a Village......Page 20
Village Profile......Page 22
Modernizing Forces......Page 32
Approach and Data......Page 34
Plan of the Book......Page 38
2 Chronology of the Village......Page 41
Initial Settlement and Land Opening (1880s to Mid-1950s)......Page 42
Transition to Intensive Production (Late 1950s to Mid-1960s)......Page 46
Green Revolution and Land Reform (Late 1960s to Late 1970s)......Page 50
The Lost Decade (1980s)......Page 56
Away from the Agrarian Community (1990s)......Page 59
Population Statistics......Page 64
Dynamics of Population Growth......Page 66
Population Pressure and Landlessness......Page 71
Occupation, Education and Migration......Page 77
Anecdotes of Four Social Classes......Page 86
Evolution of Agrarian Systems in the Philippine Rice Bowl......Page 91
Reforms of Land Tenure Relations......Page 101
Emergence of Alternative Markets......Page 108
Changes in the Distribution of Operational Landholdings......Page 115
Equity and Efficiency in Land Reform......Page 118
Laguna in the Green Revolution......Page 122
Diffusion of Modern Varieties......Page 125
Rice Yield Trends......Page 128
Purchased Inputs for Rice Production......Page 132
Labour Use in Rice Production......Page 140
Factor Inputs and Factor Shares......Page 143
Rates of Technological Progress......Page 145
Green Revolution on Irrigation......Page 147
The National Irrigation System Servicing East Laguna Village......Page 148
Deterioration in the Service of Irrigation......Page 153
Irrigators' Associations and the NIA......Page 159
Costs and Benefits of the System's Management......Page 167
Institutional Development versus White Elephant......Page 171
Voice and Exit......Page 178
Community Versus Market: A Review of Controversies......Page 181
Work and Income Sharing......Page 185
From Hunusan to Gama......Page 189
Digging Out of Tradition......Page 192
Peasants and Estates in Multiple Equilibria......Page 195
From Gama to New Hunusan......Page 198
Efficient Peasants......Page 201
Approach......Page 203
Sales of Rice from Farmers......Page 205
Organization of Marketing......Page 209
Prices and Marketing Margins......Page 215
Income and Profit......Page 218
The Evolution of the Rice Market......Page 223
The Nature of New Village Industries......Page 226
Cottage Workshops and Rural Factories......Page 228
Production Structure of the Metalwork Industry......Page 233
The Activities of Export Contractors......Page 238
Prospects for Rural Entrepreneurs......Page 241
A Recapitulation......Page 245
Growth of Aggregate Income......Page 247
Income Growth by Household Type and Income Source......Page 251
Changes in Income Distribution and Poverty Incidence......Page 258
Epilogue: Will the Village Remain a Village?......Page 263
Appendix A......Page 264
Appendix B......Page 267
Notes and References......Page 269
Bibliography......Page 274
Glossary......Page 282
Name Index......Page 285
Subject Index......Page 287