Diversification of perennial crops to offset market uncertainties : The case of traditional rubber farming systems in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia

Penot Eric, Trouillard Karine. 2002. Diversification of perennial crops to offset market uncertainties : The case of traditional rubber farming systems in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia. In : International Farming Systems Association, 17th Symposium, November 17 - 20, 2002, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. IFSA, University of Florida. Belle Glade : University of Florida (USA), 10 p. Symposium of the International Farming Systems Association (IFSA). 17, Buena Vista, États-Unis, 17 Novembre 2002/20 Novembre 2002.

Résumé : In less that one century Dayak farmers in Indonesia have shifted from traditional hunting and gathering of forest products to slash and burn agriculture with progressive integration of rubber in agroforestry systems called "jungle rubber", to rubber monoculture in the 1980's (based on the use of clonal planting material), and finally to oil palm in the 1990's. Due to different constraints (Imperata cylindica, a weed, and land scarcity), the farming systems used by Javanese transmigrants in official transmigration programs underwent other changes Local farmers have progressively integrated export crops and are now linked with international markets. The recent economic crisis in Indonesia (1997-1999) increased the need for development and technical change. A significant degree of coherence was maintained between technical systems and social systems. The example of the Sintang and Sanggau areas in the province of West Kalimantan (Borneo) allows characterization of the different farming systems, identification of a situational framework and of "pathways for future change". The different strategies are considered here from the perspective of a regional approach to development. Two major challenges characterize the rubber sector: the transformation of existing jungle rubber (2.5 million ha, 85 % of smallholders¿ plantations) into clonal plantations (either in agroforestry or monoculture) and the partial substitution, or complementary activity based on the cultivation of oil palm..

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Hevea brasiliensis, agroforesterie, système de culture, comportement humain, participation, groupe d'intérêt, technologie traditionnelle, approche participative

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Indonésie

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Auteurs et affiliations

• Penot Eric, CIRAD-TERA-TH (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2773-5440
• Trouillard Karine, CNEARC (FRA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/546527/)

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