The Agricultural Economy Of Thailand PDF Download

Excerpt from The Agricultural Economy of Thailand The kingdom of Thailand is located in Southeast Asia, entirely within the northern tropical zone. With an area of square kilometers square miles), it is about three-fourths the size of Texas, or approximately as large as Spain. Thailand's population, which has been increasing by about percent annually, was approaching 35 million in 1969, according to official estimates l/ Roughly 85 percent of the people live in rural areas, mainly in farm households. More than half the urban population resides in the rapidly expanding bangkok-than Buri metropolitan area, which has some 3 million inhabitants. Bangkok is Thailand's capital and by far its main industrial and commercial center. The next largest city, Chiang Mai, has fewer than people. Rivers and mountains divide Thailand into four main agricultural zones Central, Northern, Southern, and Northeastern. The Central Zone, where Bangkok is located, is the richest of the regions and is one of the world's major rice-producing areas. The Northeastern Zone, which is not favorably endowed for agriculture, is the least developed region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.