Fantasy, values, and identity in biofuel innovation: Examining the promise of Jatropha for Indonesia

Fatimah, Yuti Ariani

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2015.04.002

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“…This fact is also corroborated by the descriptive statistics that most landowners (88%) did not prefer bioenergy production ( Figure 2) since many of them did not have additional jobs (76%) and only a few had additional incomes from business (15%) so that they were highly cautious about any market risk associated with farming ( Table 2). The importance of a stable market is supported by other studies indicating that a lack of a market in which to sell bioenergy was a main cause of the failure of the Energy Sufficient Village program [25] and that farmers in the program preferred non-energy crops because they have a stable market [24]. Therefore, a stable market for bioenergy production is a key requirement to build a bottom-up approach to Bioenergy production from degraded lands in Indonesia.…”

Section: Bioenergy Market Should Be Stable For Landownersmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…The Energy Sufficient Village program reveals several challenges for landowners who produce or wish to produce bioenergy feedstocks in Indonesia [24][25][26]28]. Although relevant to various stakeholders of bioenergy production, these challenges reflect required conditions for landowners, including: a bottom-up approach allowing their participation during program development, a stable market in which to sell bioenergy feedstocks, capacity building and technical guidelines, stable and high levels of production of bioenergy feedstocks, low cost of bioenergy production, low levels of stakeholder conflicts, technical advancement of bioenergy production, and available infrastructure.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Simandjuntak [26] demonstrates that the program was challenged by a limited market, unstable crop production, and limited technical research. Fatimah [24] shows that stakeholders considered low productivity and limited coordination among institutions as the main reasons for failure of the program. Amir et al [23] argue that a complex bureaucracy at the village level and different stakeholder interests were challenges of the implementation of the program.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A lack of landowner capacity and limited technical guidance were the main challenges for the Energy Sufficient Village program [25]. Moreover, limited technical capacity of landowners would not only increase bioenergy production costs, which excludes landowner businesses (e.g., [23]), but also make production unreliable, thereby creating an unfavorable business environment for Bioenergy refineries and companies (e.g., [24]). Therefore, a bottom-up approach to bioenergy production should be able to support capacity building of landowners (e.g., support for agricultural extension) in order to encourage their participation in bioenergy production, to make their production costs efficient and stable, and to reduce the business risk for bioenergy refineries and companies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Otherwise, owners of degraded lands would use these lands for alternative activities that meet their preferences and expectations. Since 2007, for instance, the Government of Indonesia has implemented and tested an "Energy Sufficient Village" program (or Desa Mandiri Energi) in Java, Indonesia [23][24][25][26][27][28]. The program aimed not only to encourage bioenergy production by local communities for energy security in rural areas, but also to create more jobs and reduce poverty in these communities.…”

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Bioenergy Production on Degraded Land: Landowner Perceptions in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Artati

Jaung

Juniwaty

et al. 2019

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Bioenergy production from degraded land provides an opportunity to secure a new renewable energy source to meet the rapid growth of energy demand in Indonesia while turning degraded land into productive landscape. However, bioenergy production would not be feasible without landowner participation. This study investigates factors affecting landowners' preferences for bioenergy production by analyzing 150 landowners with fire experience in Buntoi village in Central Kalimantan using Firth's logistic regression model. Results indicated that 76% of landowners preferred well-known species that have a readily available market such as sengon (Albizia chinensis (Osb.) Merr.) and rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg.) for restoration on degraded land. Only 8% of preferred nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum L.) for bioenergy production; these particular landowners revealed a capacity to handle the uncertainty of the bioenergy market because they had additional jobs and income, had migrated from Java where nyamplung is prevalent, and preferred agricultural extension to improve their technical capacity. These results contribute to identifying key conditions for a bottom-up approach to bioenergy production from degraded land in Indonesia: a stable bioenergy market for landowners, application of familiar bioenergy species, and agricultural extension support for capacity building.is expected to be 1.8 times higher than the energy demand in 2015 [8] due to population growth, urbanization, and economic development [9][10][11].Lately, there has been increased interest in bioenergy production by growing non-food seed oil, such as nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum L.), in degraded lands since its multiple benefits [12] It could minimize a trade-off between food and fuel production as some of these non-food crops could grow in degraded lands that cannot support food production [13][14][15][16]. It could reduce environmental impacts if these crops are harvested from degraded and underutilized lands that have limited value to store carbon and preserve native vegetation and biodiversity (e.g., [9,15,17]). In addition, it could support restoration of degraded lands with these bioenergy species and provide a variety of ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, reduction of soil erosion, and improvement of biodiversity [18,19]. It also creates employment opportunities in rural areas, particularly in developing countries where large populations live and rely on marginal lands for farming [16,[20][21][22].Capturing these benefits from bioenergy production on degraded land, however, would not be feasible without landowner participation. In other words, bioenergy production should meet landowner preferences. Otherwise, owners of degraded lands would use these lands for alternative activities that meet their preferences and expectations. Since 2007, for instance, the Government of Indonesia has implemented and tested an "Energy Sufficient Village" program (or Desa Mandiri Energi) in Java, Indonesia [23][24][25][26][27][28]. The program aime...

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confidence: 94%