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    Agriculture in Johor : What’s Left?

    Pakiam, Geoffrey Kevin | July 2018
    Abstract
    For those living in Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia, accustomed to having fresh chicken eggs every other morning, chances are that your breakfast comes from one of 17 million broody hens raised in the Malaysian state of Johor. If this comes as a surprise, you are probably not alone. Most recent commentaries concerning Johor’s economic growth give the impression that agriculture is now a historical relic. The Iskandar Malaysia development project — accompanied by glittery real estate, oil and gas refining, complex manufacturing, mass tourism, and sophisticated healthcare offerings — now hogs the limelight. Indeed, even for field-leading scholarship on greater Malaysia’s economic development, agriculture has been conspicuous by its relative absence, sidelined by an overwhelming focus on manufacturing and services. This essay represents an initial attempt to redress this imbalance. I ask two basic questions: what is left of agriculture in Johor? And why? My argument is similarly direct: although agriculture’s share of Malaysian gross domestic product (GDP) and employment has fallen significantly, much remains, particularly in Johor. Amidst rapid urbanization and industrialization, agriculture’s economic contribution in Johor has actually held steady and witnessed resurgence over the past decade. Johor’s present-day agricultural strengths lie in oil palms, livestock farming, and certain forms of ornamental products. These agricultural activities are underlined both by high output and productivity relative to the rest of Malaysia. The clusters of trade networks and expertise underpinning these developments were already being developed in Johor prior to independence, and were given additional support from the 1960s onwards through policies linking industry with agriculture.
    Citation
    Pakiam, Geoffrey Kevin. 2018. Agriculture in Johor : What’s Left?. © ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8601.
    PDF ISBN
    978-981-4818-82-7
    Print ISBN
    978-981-4818-81-0
    ISSN
    0219-3213
    Keywords
    Sustainable agriculture
    Commercial agriculture
    Agricultural And Rural Development
    Asian Development Bank
    Water Resources Development
    Sustainable Development
    Agribusiness
    Agroindustry
    Agricultural institutes
    Agricultural development
    distribution
    Joint projects
    Development models
    Industrial policy
    Education
    Social Development
    Food Supply
    Food Security
    Organic dairy farming
    Organic floriculture
    Organic viticulture
    Produce trade
    Crop
    Organic gardening
    Economic development
    New agricultural enterprises
    Cooperative agriculture
    Government policy
    Entrepreneurship
    Communication in rural development
    Development banks
    Rural land use
    Land use
    Natural resource
    Water supply
    Mill
    Irrigation systems
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8601
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    Author
    Pakiam, Geoffrey Kevin
    Theme
    Agriculture
    Development
    Labor Migration
     
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