Agroforestry Application on Forest Land Under Stands System to Increase Reserved Food and Forest Sustainability at Pujon, Malang District

Abstract

This research will produce a forest management model that can increase food reserves and the competitiveness of agricultural products from the use of forest land under stands, as an effort to increase food security. The research will be conducted in the production forest area of The State Forestry Public Company (Perhutani) BKPH Pujon KPH Malang Unit II, East Java from September 2020 to February 2021. The method of developing a management model is based on the level of land development. The analysis uses the Structural Equation Model (SEM) model with the help of the WarpPLS program (Partial Least Square development) which is able to accommodate reflective and formative indicators to test the effect between variables. Land use under stands carried out in the agroforestry model provides economic and environmental benefits, therefore, it was to be able to maintain forest sustainability. Profits from agroforestry on land under stands with intercropping of seasonal crops of vegetables and pulses B/C ratio = 1.77.

The nexus between ecological competence, forest area management, and sustainable agroecosystem performance for communities around Mount Merbabu National Park (MMbNP)

“…The ability to manage forest areas by the community means planning, organizing, managing, evaluating, and determining priorities related to household economic activities, businesses, species utilization, cropping patterns, and forest products [24]. The ability to manage forest communities around agroforestry best uses a learning approach from experience such as local wisdom, ancestral culture, and collecting data from direct observations [25] so that the end of sustainable agroforestry is management capability that combines silviculture and biodiversity conservation [26].…”

Carbon balance of plywood from a social reforestation program in Indonesia

“…One possible solution to this problem is to make degraded land available to the rural population for agroforestry 5 . Agroforestry systems are able to enhance the food productivity and over all sustainability of forests 6 . Agroforestry has the potential to increase the income of small farmers, but there are many remaining challenges, like the lacking support of governments and lack of access to financial funds for investments in seeds and other needed goods for small farmers 7 .…”