Tree crops and paddy cropping systems: cocoa in Malinau

This chapter looks at one particular area, the Malinau regency (part of the Bulungan district, East Kalimantan, Indonesia), to determine why some cocoa smallholders choose to clear short fallow rather than primary and secondary forests. It was observed that as long as population density remains relatively low, forest is not substantially destroyed by paddy slash burn. The main deforestation factor is clearly commercial logging, followed by migration, which is accelerated by logging activities. The forest atmosphere is still relatively preserved at the district level, so whenever farmers plant paddy and cocoa after a short fallow, they still benefit from some components of forest rent at a regional level. Thus, farmers can afford to shorten the fallow duration to 3 years. In short, slash and burn in a short fallow system and forest preservation appear to be 2 interdependent components of sustainable shifting cultivation system.

Author(s)

Ruf F., Yoddang,

Year

2004

Secondary Title

From slash and burn to replanting: green revolutions in the Indonesian Uplands

Publisher

World Bank

Language

Keyword(s)

agroforestry, agroforestry systems, cocoa, cropping systems, deforestation, fallow systems, logging, resource conservation, rice, shifting cultivation, small farms, sustainability, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Oryza, Oryza sativa, Theobroma cacao, Poaceae, Cyperales, monocotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants, eukaryotes, Theobroma, Sterculiaceae, Malvales, dicotyledons, APEC countries, ASEAN Countries, Developing Countries, South East Asia, Asia, Borneo, agriforestry, agro-forestry, bush fallowing, paddy, slash and burn, swidden agriculture, timber extraction, timber harvesting, Pollution and Degradation (PP600), Agricultural Economics (EE110), Horticultural Economics (EE111) (New March 2000), Forestry Economics (EE112) (New March 2000), Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology) (KK100), Natural Resource Economics (EE115) (New March 2000), Horticultural Crops (FF003) (New March 2000), Field Crops (FF005) (New March 2000), Plant Cropping Systems (FF150), Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees, Community, Farm and Social Forestry (KK600)

Classification

Form: Book Section
Geographical Area: Indonesia