Research and Productivity in Grain Production in Asia: The Colonial Heritage
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Colonial agricultural research was directed mainly to. export crops rather than
the major foodgrains.2 The lack of research on foodgrains is given as one of the
reasons for the food shortages in the period after World War II. "Colonialism
stunted indigenous agriculture by directing agricultural research only to export
crops" (Lappe and Collins).
This paper examines the allocation of research resources and the impact of
research on productivity in South and Southeast Asia. The paper also attempts
to identify the main determinants of the allocation of agricultural research
resources during the colonial period.