According to the authors, the Indonesian agricultural sector has demonstrated a remarkable ability to absorb labor in the face of sustained, rapid population growth. In 1961, the agricultural sector employed 24 million persons; by 1986 the figure had increased to 38 million persons. The authors...

The authors assess the possibilities for future production gains in the Indonesian food economy by raising the technical efficiency of farmers. They examine the technical efficiency of a sample of Indonesian farms growing wet rice and the palawija crops, cassava, pea nuts and mung beans. The...