ABSTRACT
ALTHOUGH the people of Yits’un live on poor land, they continue to try to make a living through agriculture. Their isolated position in the mountains makes them rely upon their own land for food. If every grain of rice had to be carried over the mountains, if would take all their labor merely for this transportation. Moreover, to get rice from outside they must produce something to exchange for it. Under these circumstances, it is hardly likely that the people of Yits’un will depend on outside supplies rather than attempt to provide for themselves. In order to get enough food, they have cultivated even the marginal lands. They spend a large amount of labor for a mere handful of produce. They have extended their lands outside so that two-thirds of their cultivated land is not within the boundaries of their own village. We have shown that there are limitations both in intensive and extensive farming. We should like to see whether the people have completely solved their food problem. Is the land which is now owned by the people sufficient to supply the needs of the people?
