Asian vegetable production systems for the future

Midmore, David J.; Poudel, Diwas

doi:10.1016/0308-521x(95)00003-n

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“…The main differences between the two groups were that most adopter households live in higher-level land areas (on average 293 metres) and were located further from urban markets (on average 23.35 km). This finding is in line with highland areas favouring horticultural crop production (Midmore & Poudel, 1996;Poudel et al 1998).…”

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Characteristics of Farmer Adopters of High Value Horticultural Crops in Indonesia

Suprehatin¹

2019

JMA

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Improving the participation of smallholder farmers in horticultural value chains to benefit from the rapidly growing demand for high value agricultural products is one strategy for raising farm income. However, smallholder farmer adoption of high value horticultural crops in Indonesian is under-researched. To address this knowledge gap, this study aims to examines the characteristics of farmers who adopted and those who did not adopt a new horticultural crop with respect to the household (farmer), farm and institutional characteristics. The unique data from a 2013 survey of 960 Indonesian farmers on Java Island that produce a variety of agricultural products was analysed using independent-sample t-tests. Basic statistical analysis showed relatively low adoption rates (10%) of new horticultural crops amongst 960 selected Indonesian farmers with different characteristics. The result showed that current low rates of horticultural crop adoption are associated with a variety of factors, such as lower levels of education among farmers, resource constraints, lack of information on horticultural crop production and low participation in farmer groups.Abstrak: Meningkatkan partisipasi petani kecil dalam rantai nilai hortikultura merupakan salah satu strategi untuk meningkatkan pendapatan petani. Hal ini dikarenakan partisipasi pada rantai nilai hortikultura berpotensi mendapatkan keuntungan dari permintaan produk hortikultura bernilai tinggi yang saat ini terus meningkat. Meskipun demikian, penelitian terkait adopsi petani skala kecil terhadap tanaman hortikultura bernilai tinggi di Indonesia masih terbatas. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis karakteristik petani yang mengadopsi dan mereka yang tidak mengadopsi tanaman hortikultura baru berdasarkan tiga karakteristik rumah tangga (petani), usahatani dan kelembagaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data unik dari survei terhadap 960 petani Indonesia di Pulau Jawa pada tahun 2013 dan dianalisis menggunakan uji-t sampel independen. Analisis statistik deskriptif menunjukkan bahwa tingkat adopsi petani responden terhadap tanaman hortikultura baru relatif rendah (10%) dengan karakteristik yang berbeda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat adopsi tanaman hortikultura baru yang rendah saat ini berkaitan dengan berbagai faktor, seperti tingkat pendidikan petani yang relatif rendah, kendala sumber daya, kurangnya informasi tentang produksi tanaman hortikultura dan rendahnya partisipasi dalam kelompok tani.Kata kunci: tanaman hortikultura, adopsi petani kecil, rumah tangga

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confidence: 83%

Characteristics of Farmer Adopters of High Value Horticultural Crops in Indonesia

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2019

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“…After relatively small beginnings, the production of temperate vegetables, fruits and fl owers began to take off from the 1960's to meet growing demand from the local population in lowland cities who were becoming increasingly affl uent and cosmopolitan. Highland production also provides an important supplement of common tropical species during the monsoon season when lowland production is constrained by high temperature, excessive rainfall and too many insect pests (Midmore and Poudel, 1996). The Cameron Highlands exemplifi es the trend that has continued from the earlier development.…”

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Transforming Subsistence Cropping in Asia

Rerkasem¹

2005

Plant Production Science

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“…Many definitions can be used to define high altitude agriculture. Midmore and Poudel (1996) divides the agro-ecological zones for growing vegetables as cool highland and warm-dry and warm-wet lowlands based on an agro-ecological environment without height definitions. Lin et al (2013) defines high altitude agriculture in his research as agriculture that is cultivated at an altitude of more than than 500 m above sea level (a.s.l.).…”

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Integrated use of GIS, AHP and remote sensing in land use planning for tropical high altitude vegetable crops

Widiatmaka¹

2016

JAH

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In Indonesia, Java Island still contributes a large amount of the total number of vegetables produced. In this tropical country, vegetables are produced in two different agro-ecological conditions, which are high altitude and low altitude. The rapidly increasing population growth has caused the centre's production of high altitude vegetables on Java Island to be increasingly pressured by other types of land utilization. This study was conducted in one of the production centres of tropical high altitude vegetable crops in the upper slope area of Mts Gede-Pangrango, West Java, covering an area of 78,290 ha. The research objective was to delineate the suitable land that is available for high altitude vegetables crops. In the first step, land suitability was analysed using multi-criteria decision-making methodology. The criteria used include those grouped within the parameters of land, topography, climate and ease of management; criterion consists of sub-criteria. The criteria were weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process, while sub-criteria were scored according to their contributions to land suitability. The weights of the criteria and scores of the sub-criteria were used for delineating land suitability in a geographic information system model. In the second step, the land availability was analysed by taking into account the constraints of forest area status designation and the spatial pattern of official land use plan map. Results of both analyses were used to delineate suitable and available land for tropical high altitude vegetables crops. The results showed that the amount of land that was suitable and available for tropical high altitude vegetables crops was 23.7% of the analysed area. The area of suitable and available land that is actually not used yet is 9% of the area analysed, which could be recommended for the expansion of vegetable crops. Land that is suitable and available, either land that is already used or land that is not yet used, could be designated as priority lands to be protected from the pressure of non-agricultural land utilization in order to maintain the sustainability of vegetable availability.

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Asian vegetable production systems for the future

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Characteristics of Farmer Adopters of High Value Horticultural Crops in Indonesia

Characteristics of Farmer Adopters of High Value Horticultural Crops in Indonesia

Transforming Subsistence Cropping in Asia

Integrated use of GIS, AHP and remote sensing in land use planning for tropical high altitude vegetable crops

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