From Slash and Burn to Replanting Green Revolutions in the Indonesia Uplands

by Ruf, Francois; Lancon, Frederic

• ISBN13: 9780821352052
• ISBN10: 0821352059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-15
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

"What are the alternatives to slash-and-burn in the Indonesian uplands? Based on fieldwork conducted in 1997 in some 40 small regions throughout Indonesia, as well as an extensive literature review, From Slash and Burn to Replanting, examines these alternatives.Economic and ecological changes in Indonesia, were critical during 1997 and 1998. The currency and economic crisis struck city dwellers, while El Nino and forest clearing had devastating effects on rural areas. However, Indonesian smallholders showed some ability to adapt to changes, both to the unexpected windfalls from lucky export crops in 1998 and the no-less unexpected plunge in 1999 and 2000.From Slash and Burn to Replanting finds that farmers in the uplands are true entrepreneurs and innovators. If alternatives do exist, they have been mostly invented and implemented from ?below?, by farmers and middlemen, rather than by projects and governmental agencies."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
Summary	xv
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xxi
1 Innovations in the Indonesian Uplands	1	(32)
François Ruf and Frederic Lançon
2 Technical Innovations and Livestock Production	33	(10)
Frederic Lançon and Ibrahim Hasanudin
3 On-Farm Reservoirs for Supplemental Irrigation	43	(6)
Pascal Perez
4 Constraints to Adoption of Food-Crop Technologies in Upland Areas	49	(10)
Frederic Lançon
5 Introduction of Vegetable Production	59	(10)
Frederic Lançon and Ibrahim Hasanudin
6 Ginger and Annual Crops in Tree-Based Agriculture	69	(14)
François Ruf, Yoddang, and Syarifuddin
7. Tree Crops and Paddy Cropping Systems: Cocoa in Malinau	83	(12)
François Ruf and Yoddang
8. From Alley Cropping to Cashew Farms	95	(8)
François Ruf and Frederic Lançon
9. Coffee and Agroforestry Systems	103	(10)
François Ruf and Yoddang
10. Vanilla on Coffee Farms	113	(8)
François Ruf, Yoddang, and Syarifuddin
11. Intensive Orange Production	121	(8)
Frederic Lançon and Ibrahim Hasanudin
12. Improved Rubber Agroforestry Systems	129	(18)
Eric Penot
13. Pod Borer and Pesticides	147	(26)
François Ruf and Yoddang
14. Adoption of Cocoa	173	(20)
François Ruf and Yoddang
15. Replanting after Imperata cylindrica	193	(18)
François Ruf and Yoddang
16. Replanting Coffee Farms in Southern Sumatra	211	(24)
François Ruf, Salem Taher, and Yoddang
17. Price and Nonprice Factors in a Green Revolution	235	(24)
François Ruf
18. Conclusion: Technical Breakthroughs and Upland Farmers' Self-Help Action	259	(22)
François Ruf and Frederic Lançon
Annex 1	281	(8)
Annex 2	289	(2)
Annex 3	291	(4)
Annex 4	295	(4)
Annex 5	299	(4)
Annex 6	303	(6)
Glossary	309	(4)
References	313	(10)
Index	323