These comprise 33.69% (1,287 farms) of the total small holding farms. Normally, there are two patterns: (1) rice is grown between immature rubber rows, as intercropping; and, (2) rice is grown in a different sector within the rubber plantation. Normally small holderûs experience in rice farming is derived from their ancestors and uses both high-yield and indigenous rice strains, and the rice is used for family consumption only. In the future, this type may decline due to many constraints such as shortage of family labor, high cost of input factor and uncertain price (DOAE, 1998).