Abstract

                                The question to be dealt with in this article is one of special interest at present on account of the coming Fourth Pacific Science Congress which will be held at Bandoeng (Java) from 16 to 25 May 1929. It relates to the produc- tion and consumption of rice in the Pacific countries. The problem of the food supply in rice of these countries has undoubtedly become of the greatest interest in the course of the last few years and particularly in regard to questions of production and trade. This article may serve as in some sort an introduction to further and more exhaustive investigation.

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