The paper is concerned with land development and settlement schemes in Sarawak. The state government has initiated a number of such schemes since the formation of Malaysia in 1963. It is argued that the fundamental contradiction between farmer initiative and (state) agency control must be...

1. The Evolution of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin -- 2. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Northeast Thailand -- 3. Divergent Pathways of Rice Farming in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 4. Farmer Organizations in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 5. From Subsistence to Commercial Rice...