Southeast Asian Agriculture and Development Primer Series: Malaysia

The primer is useful to the world community in getting to know Malaysian agriculture and its role in economic and social development in the 20th and 21st centuries. This series aims to promote awareness on the state of agriculture of the Southeast Asian countries. The consistency in format and presentation of the series enables easy comparability of agriculture situation across countries and the drawing of lessons from each others experiences. The cultural differences notwithstanding, there are many commonalities and similarities among the countries, especially in geographical characteristics, making agriculture a common priority and concern in the region.