White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin

Rob Cramb is Honorary Professor of Agricultural Development in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia. He has taught, researched, and consulted on agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia for over forty years. His previous books include Land and Longhouse: Agrarian Change in the Uplands of Sarawak and (with John McCarthy) The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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 Farming in Laos.- 6. Adapting the Green Revolution for Laos.- 7. Rainfed and Irrigated Rice Farming on the Savannakhet Plain.- 8. The Supply of Inputs to Rice Farmers in Savannakhet.- 9. Rice Marketing and Cross-Border Trade in Savannakhet.- 10. Economic Constraints to Intensification of Rainfed Lowland Rice in Laos.- 11. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Cambodia.- 12. The Production, Marketing, and Export of Rice in Takeo.- 13. The Role of Irrigation in Rice Farming in Takeo and Kampong Speu.- 14. The Supply of Fertiliser for Rice Farming in Takeo.- 15. The Use of Credit by Rice Farmers in Takeo.- 16. Contract Farming of High-Quality Rice in Kampong Speu.- 17. Trends in Rice-Based Farming Systems in the Mekong Delta.- 18. The Domestic Rice Value Chain in the Mekong Delta.- 19. Cross-Border Trade in Rice from Cambodia to Vietnam.- 20. Cross-Border Trade in Sticky Rice from Laos to Vietnam.- 21. Issues of Rice Policy in the Lower Mekong Basin.