Agricultural diversification and institutional change : A case study of tenancy contract in Indonesia

With a case study of a village in Majalengka district in West Java Province, Indonesia, the author explores how "agricultural development", which is expressed here as diversification and commercialization, caused a change in the "institution" of tenant farming, and what logic is behind the choice of tenancy contract. He shows that the tenant farming system has been shifting from a profit-sharing to a fixed cash rent system in line with the commercialization of agriculture. (DÜI-Sen)