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2026-09-01
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Used for counts of subaks, the BIMAS chronology and land-conversion figures compiled from Indonesian studies.

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EstablishedGreen Revolution policies from 1971 promoted continuous cropping that disrupted subak water scheduling; pest outbreaks followed in the 1970s and the government later returned cropping decisions to subaks.EstablishedConversion of irrigated land threatens subaks: around Denpasar the subak area fell from about 5,753 hectares in 1993 to about 2,444 hectares by 2018.