Excerpt from The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania: Review of 1973 and Outlook for 1974 Substantially larger rice crops in Bangladesh and Thailand enabled agricultural production to increase by 20 percent in each of those countries. Food grain production made a sharp recovery in India and paved the way for a 10-percent increase in agricultural output. Similarly, recoveries in rice production were largely responsible for the increased agricultural production in the Philippines (10 percent), Malaysia (8 percent), and Indonesia (8 percent). An 82-percent rise in Australia's wheat production contributed to a 6-percent increase in aggregate agricultural output. Taiwan (7 percent) and South Korea (1 percent), continued the recent expansion of their agricultural Sectors, while Pakistan showed a 4-percent increase in output despite severe flooding. Japan's total agricultural output was virtually unchanged during 1973. Progress in the region during. 1973 appears less favorable when population growth is considered. Per capita domestic food production declined in Japan, Khmer Republic, South Korea, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and South Vietnam. Although all other countries in the region showed increases, only Malaysia achieved a record level during the year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.