Cultivation System

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The Cultivation System was a 19th-century Dutch colonial policy in the East Indies that forced Javanese peasants to grow export crops for the benefit of the Netherlands, leading to widespread exploitation and hardship.

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instanceOf agricultural production system ⓘ
colonial policy ⓘ
forced labor system ⓘ
administrativeMechanism quota-based crop deliveries ⓘ
village heads as intermediaries ⓘ
appliedInRegion Java ⓘ
appliedInTerritory Dutch East Indies ⓘ
characterizedBy compulsory cultivation contracts ⓘ
fixed delivery prices set by colonial state ⓘ
state control over crop choice ⓘ
use of traditional authority for colonial extraction ⓘ
contributedTo Dutch Ethical Policy ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
criticizedBy Dutch liberals ⓘ
humanitarian reformers ⓘ
criticizedInWork Max Havelaar ⓘ
economicEffect increased export revenues ⓘ
large profits for Dutch state ⓘ
endedBecauseOf administrative difficulties ⓘ
economic changes in world markets ⓘ
political criticism in the Netherlands ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance key example of exploitative colonialism in Southeast Asia ⓘ
major source of Dutch 19th-century wealth ⓘ
implementedBy Dutch colonial government ⓘ
implementedUnderGovernorGeneral Johannes van den Bosch ⓘ
inspiredAuthor Multatuli ⓘ
legalForm colonial regulation ⓘ
mainBeneficiary Dutch treasury ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
mainExportCrop coffee ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
tea ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
mainParticipants Javanese peasants ⓘ
purpose increase colonial revenue ⓘ
produce export crops ⓘ
replaced earlier forms of tribute and corvée labor ⓘ
requiredShareOfLabor one-fifth of peasants' labor time ⓘ
requiredShareOfLand one-fifth of village land ⓘ
socialEffect famines in parts of Java ⓘ
food shortages in some regions ⓘ
increased corvée-like obligations ⓘ
peasant impoverishment ⓘ
widespread exploitation of peasants ⓘ
startTime 1830 ⓘ

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Dutch East Indies → implementedPolicy → Cultivation System ⓘ
Johannes van den Bosch → notableWork → Cultivation System in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
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