The high humidity, high rainfall and moderately, but consistently, high temperatures encountered in Malaya set severe problems for the improvement of animal production, particularly when upgrading by the introduction of European breeds, As might be expected, progress is being stimulated by the increasing demand for protein. It may also be accelerated by current efforts to develop a more diversified agriculture, if only from intensified “undergrazing” of the expanding acreage under oil-palm and coconut.
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