cultuurstelsel

Dutch (Brabantic)

/kʏlˈtyːrˌstɛl.səl/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (historical) A policy of allocating (nominally) 20% of agricultural land in the Dutch East Indies to export crops, imposed by the Dutch government as a type of lease, operating from 1830 until the 1870s for most products and until the early twentieth century for coffee; the system was widely abused leading to much higher land use for export crops.

Etymology

Compound from Dutch, Flemish cultuur (culture, cultivation) + Dutch, Flemish stelsel (system).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

stelsel

Gloss

system

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