ABSTRACT
This chapter gives a chronological overview which illustrates the interpretations and assumptions that have been perpetuated, and their theoretical origins. The 1985 Asian Development Bank Western Samoa Agriculture Sector Study also found that farmers were well aware of price movements for their products and responded positively to price increases. The views of the role of Samoan culture in the development of agriculture in Samoa which we have examined above can also be found applied to cattle. The Asian Development Bank’s 1985 Western Samoa Agriculture Sector Study stated: In general, village cattle are not sold for commercial purposes but are maintained to meet social obligations. The inclusion of cattle in these traditional exchange ceremonies, is generally believed to be the most significant obstacle to the development of a smallholder cattle industry, and one of the major reasons, if not the main reason, why cattle numbers in the smallholder sector are believed to be static or declining.
