Share and contract Tapping in Rubber Smallholdings in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Chew, Tek Ann, Wan, Leong Fee
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbitan pergawai-pegawai Universiti Pertanian Malaysia 1985
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56639/1/Share%20and%20Contract%20Tapping%20in%20Rubber%20Smallholdings%20in%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56639/

The land tenure literature classifies land tenure into three main types: fixed rent system: sharecropping: and. wage system. In Chinese rubber smallholdings in Peninsular Malaysia. the predominant tenure tapping system is the sharecropping system - either share tapping or its variant contract tapping. This paper outlines a transactional fromework to explainthe rationale and prevalence of share and contract tapping. Eight hypotheses were postulated from the framework regarding size of loadings. monitoring or tappers. yield productivity, fertiliser income earned and possible future imparlance of share and contract tapping