Quality of Life: Post-Project of Dayak Communities in Three Salcra Land Schemes.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Quality of Life: Post-Project of Dayak Communities in Three Salcra Land Schemes. |
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Author :
Ahmad Mahdzan Ayob and Noran Fauziah Yaakub |
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Abstract:
Background to the study A major goal of rural development is to raise quality of life (QOL) in rural areas. Part of the success of this effort has to be viewed from the perspectives of the "target groups" themselves because, according to a famous axiom in welfare economics attributed to 19th Century Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, the individual is the best judge of his own well-being. He should know better whether his QOL has indeed improved after joininga development project. The Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (SALCRA) is a State agency responsible for rehabilitating Native Customary Rights (NCR) land in Sarawak, at the owner's request, in order to alleviate poverty by creating employment opportunities to the landowners and increasing their income levels (SALCRA, 1976). This is done by getting the landowners to formally agree to allow the agency develop the land and establish commercial crops like oil palm, cocoa and rubber. Once the schemes start to bear fruits, participants are required to make repayment to the agency for all development expenditure incurred. Needless to say, SALCRA will build all the necessary infrastructure including roads, terracing, staff quarters, etc., and then manage the scheme like an estate. In the schemes the landowners are either employedas daily-paidor contract workers. Naturally, not all landowners can be employed in the scheme. Many of them supplement their income by planting cash crops like pepper and cocoa; for food, they continue to plant hill padi under shifting cultivation.
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How to cite:
Ahmad Mahdzan Ayob and Noran Fauziah Yaakub. (1992). Quality of Life: Post-Project of Dayak Communities in Three Salcra Land Schemes. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XLIII (64): 197-218 |
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