Jungle rubber improvement in Indonesia. - (:unkn) unknown (My University)
The SRAP research programme, launched by CIRADCP and ICRAF, is developing complex rubber based agroforestry systems in Indonesia that conserve biodiversity and maintain the ecological environment. The purpose is to generate sufficient income for smallholders from the production of rubber and agroforestry products (fruits, wood, rattan and other nonwoody products), whilst rehabilitating severely degraded environments. The programme consists of testing rubber agroforestry systems in the smallholderenvironment (handson approach involving 100 smallholders in a network covering 3 provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra), involving highyielding Hevea clones with other tree crops (wood and fruits, rattan, etc.) and annual crops (while Hevea is immature).Exogenous technical innovations (clones, fertilizer application, tapping techniques, weeding, etc.) are combined with indigenous innovations.
The SRAP research programme, launched by CIRADCP and ICRAF, is developing complex rubber based agroforestry systems in Indonesia that conserve biodiversity and maintain the ecological environment. The purpose is to generate sufficient income for smallholders from the production of rubber and agroforestry products (fruits, wood, rattan and other nonwoody products), whilst rehabilitating severely degraded environments. The programme consists of testing rubber agroforestry systems in the smallholderenvironment (handson approach involving 100 smallholders in a network covering 3 provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra), involving highyielding Hevea clones with other tree crops (wood and fruits, rattan, etc.) and annual crops (while Hevea is immature).Exogenous technical innovations (clones, fertilizer application, tapping techniques, weeding, etc.) are combined with indigenous innovations.
Keywords: agricultural research; agroforestry systems; agrosilvicultural systems; cultural methods; development projects; reclamation; rubber plants; small farms; tropical crops; weed control; weeds; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agroforestry systems; Rubber plants; Farms, Small; Small farms; Tropical crops; Weeds; Weeds; Weeds