抄録
During the 13-year period from 1966-1968 to 1978-1980, a major breakthrough was experienced in cereal production in Asia, and this has greatly contributed to an improvement of calorie intake per capita. The achievements of the Southeast Asian and East Asian countries are particularly impressive, although the war-torn countries in Indo-China and South Asia recorded minus growth in their calorie intake. A historical review of Japanese agriculture indicates that Asian agriculture has great potential for rapid development and that a doubling of cereal production in 15 years may not be out of the question. In this paper the Asian Development Bank's unique approach is highlighted, and as one of its successful projects, the Angat-Magat Integrated Agricultural Development Project, Phili ppines, is cited in considerable detail. It may be too optimistic, however, to expect that the same upward trend in cereal production will continue. The tasks ahead are formidable; major emphasis should be placed throughout the 1980s on strengthening institutional and human management which will be more difficult and will take more time than the physical construction of irrigation works which prevailed in the 1970s.
