Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research

Improved rubber agroforestry systems (RAS) have been introduced and tested since 1994 though a collaborative research program with ICRAF and CIRAD. After completing an on-farm trial network with 100 fields in 3 areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan, farmers have been monitored for 15 years in order to assess impact of technological change and context evolution. The 1994 2007 period has been characterized by completely different contexts: good rubber prices (1994 1996, severe economic and political crises combined with low rubber world prices (1997 2001) and recovering with high rubber prices (2002 2007). Meanwhile, farmers organizations have been allowed, oil palm took has been added to the landscape, tree tenure has been modified allowing farmers to take advantage of tree biodiversity. When rubber could have been condemned at the end of the 1990s compared to oil palm, rubber and rubber agroforestry systems not only survived but took a far greater place in local farming systems. The hypothesis of complementarity between oil palm and rubber systems has been confirmed; meanwhile ecological services as well as economic advantages of agroforestry practices have been taken into account by institutions and integrated by producers in their farming and livelihood strategies. Positive externalities such as soil fertility maintenance, biodiversity conservation, 'useful biodiversity' valorization (fruits and trees), long-term income stability and risk aversion, can now be taken into account in farming systems' strategies and income evaluation. Fifteen years of research results on RAS have led to significant knowledge on farmers' strategies and innovation processes that can provide useful recommendations for further development. (Texte intégral)

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Main Author: Penot, Eric
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Published: WCA [Nairobi]
Subjects:F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture, E51 - Population rurale, agroforesterie, Hevea brasiliensis, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840,
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spelling dig-cirad-fr-5621182024-03-05T07:17:06Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/562118/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/562118/ Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research. Penot Eric. 2009. In : Book of abstracts of the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, 23-28 August 2009, Nairobi, Kenya : Agroforestry, the future of global land use. ICRAF. Nairobi : WCA [Nairobi], Résumé, 364. ISBN 978-92-9059-255-6 World Congress of Agroforestry. 2, Nairobi, Kenya, 23 Août 2009/28 Août 2009. Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research Penot, Eric eng 2009 WCA [Nairobi] Book of abstracts of the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, 23-28 August 2009, Nairobi, Kenya : Agroforestry, the future of global land use F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture E51 - Population rurale agroforesterie Hevea brasiliensis http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589 Indonésie http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840 Improved rubber agroforestry systems (RAS) have been introduced and tested since 1994 though a collaborative research program with ICRAF and CIRAD. After completing an on-farm trial network with 100 fields in 3 areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan, farmers have been monitored for 15 years in order to assess impact of technological change and context evolution. The 1994 2007 period has been characterized by completely different contexts: good rubber prices (1994 1996, severe economic and political crises combined with low rubber world prices (1997 2001) and recovering with high rubber prices (2002 2007). Meanwhile, farmers organizations have been allowed, oil palm took has been added to the landscape, tree tenure has been modified allowing farmers to take advantage of tree biodiversity. When rubber could have been condemned at the end of the 1990s compared to oil palm, rubber and rubber agroforestry systems not only survived but took a far greater place in local farming systems. The hypothesis of complementarity between oil palm and rubber systems has been confirmed; meanwhile ecological services as well as economic advantages of agroforestry practices have been taken into account by institutions and integrated by producers in their farming and livelihood strategies. Positive externalities such as soil fertility maintenance, biodiversity conservation, 'useful biodiversity' valorization (fruits and trees), long-term income stability and risk aversion, can now be taken into account in farming systems' strategies and income evaluation. Fifteen years of research results on RAS have led to significant knowledge on farmers' strategies and innovation processes that can provide useful recommendations for further development. (Texte intégral) conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/562118/1/document_562118.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207202
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topic F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E51 - Population rurale
agroforesterie
Hevea brasiliensis
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E51 - Population rurale
agroforesterie
Hevea brasiliensis
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840
spellingShingle F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E51 - Population rurale
agroforesterie
Hevea brasiliensis
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
E51 - Population rurale
agroforesterie
Hevea brasiliensis
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840
Penot, Eric
Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
description Improved rubber agroforestry systems (RAS) have been introduced and tested since 1994 though a collaborative research program with ICRAF and CIRAD. After completing an on-farm trial network with 100 fields in 3 areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan, farmers have been monitored for 15 years in order to assess impact of technological change and context evolution. The 1994 2007 period has been characterized by completely different contexts: good rubber prices (1994 1996, severe economic and political crises combined with low rubber world prices (1997 2001) and recovering with high rubber prices (2002 2007). Meanwhile, farmers organizations have been allowed, oil palm took has been added to the landscape, tree tenure has been modified allowing farmers to take advantage of tree biodiversity. When rubber could have been condemned at the end of the 1990s compared to oil palm, rubber and rubber agroforestry systems not only survived but took a far greater place in local farming systems. The hypothesis of complementarity between oil palm and rubber systems has been confirmed; meanwhile ecological services as well as economic advantages of agroforestry practices have been taken into account by institutions and integrated by producers in their farming and livelihood strategies. Positive externalities such as soil fertility maintenance, biodiversity conservation, 'useful biodiversity' valorization (fruits and trees), long-term income stability and risk aversion, can now be taken into account in farming systems' strategies and income evaluation. Fifteen years of research results on RAS have led to significant knowledge on farmers' strategies and innovation processes that can provide useful recommendations for further development. (Texte intégral)
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E51 - Population rurale
agroforesterie
Hevea brasiliensis
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3589
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3840
author Penot, Eric
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title Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
title_short Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
title_full Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
title_fullStr Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
title_full_unstemmed Rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
title_sort rubber agroforestry systems in indonesia and impact on livelihoods and the global environment:synthesis of 15 years of research
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