The household economics of rubber intercropping during the immature period in Northeast Thailand

Hougni, Déo-Gratias J. M.; Chambon, Bénédicte; Penot, Éric; Promkhambut, Arunee

doi:10.1080/10549811.2018.1486716

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“…These general recommendations need to be tested under local agronomic constraints (e.g., pest pressures) and socio‐economic bottlenecks (e.g., shortfall in timber sales) that have to be included in any changes made in smallholder plantations. For example, the use of legume cover‐crops, which is widespread in industrial rubber plantations, is seldom used by Thai smallholders, mostly due to labour constraints (Hougni et al, 2018; Langenberger et al, 2017). As a result, in mountainous regions, soil erosion during the mature phase of rubber plantations is huge (Neyret et al, 2020).…”

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Rubber, rubber and rubber: How 75 years of successive rubber plantation rotations affect topsoil quality?

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Rubber tree plantations (Hevea brasiliensis) cover large areas in the tropics. In historical producing regions like South Thailand, rubber has been planted by smallholders for three successive rotations lasting a total of 75 years. Despite possible consequences on topsoil, the long‐term impacts of repeated rubber plantations on soil quality remain unknown. This study aims to better understand how various factors linked to long‐term rubber land use and land use change affect topsoil physico‐chemical properties and soil organic carbon (SOC) thermal stability. We focus on the effects of three factors: i. deforestation (change from forest to first rubber plantation); ii. the age of the rubber stand (immature vs. mature); and iii. long‐term rubber cultivation (first, second or third successive rotation) over a chronosequence in farmers plots. Our results show that soil was deeply degraded after deforestation to a rubber plantation. Long‐term rubber cultivation is also detrimental for the soil and has a more negative impact on soil physico‐chemical properties and carbon dynamics, than the age of the rubber stand (e.g., on average, decrease of 50% of SOC content between forest and third rotation). At the third rotation, after 50 years of rubber cultivation, the quality of the 0–10 cm soil layer was very low, with an increase in SOC thermal stability. At this stage, logging practices upset the sustainability of the system. These impacts could be limited by less destructive practices during planting.

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“…They also note that while rubber production may be lower per hectare in diversified systems than in monoculture, total productivity must be considered, especially given the fluctuations of rubber price. Crops can be interspaced while rubber trees are growing, providing food and a source of income (Jessy et al 2016;Déo-Gratias et al 2018). Numerous associations are used depending on countries and local markets like, rice, tuber, chili, pineapple, sesame, cocoa, coffee, fruit trees and even livestock.…”

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Sustainable development of rubber plantations in a context of climate change: Challenges and opportunities

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Meybeck²,

Pinizzotto³

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“…According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), there are three essential types of agroforestry systems: agrisilvicultural systems combining trees and crops, silvopastoral systems combining forestry and grazing of domesticated animals, and agrosilvopastoral combining trees, animals and crops (FAO, 2015). In many studies, income diversification in agroforestry systems (AFS) makes them more profitable than monocultures (Hougni et al, 2018;Polthanee et al, 2016). Agroforestry is recognized as a sustainable and environmentally-friendly practice playing a role in climate change mitigation (Abbas et al, 2017).…”

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Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems Associated with Food Crops: A Solution for Sustainable Rubber and Food Production?

Cahyo,

Dong,

Taryono

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Agroforestry is often seen as a sustainable land-use system for agricultural production providing ecosystem services. Intercropping with food crops leads to equal or higher productivity than monoculture and results in food production for industry and subsistence. Low rubber price and low labor productivity in smallholdings have led to a dramatic conversion of rubber plantations to more profitable crops. The literature analysis performed in this paper aimed at better understanding the ins and outs that could make rubber-based agroforestry more attractive for farmers. A library was set-up consisting of 415 scientific references. Of the 232 journal articles, 141 studies were carried out on rubber agroforestry. Since 2011, the number of studies per year has increased. Studies on rubber-based agroforestry systems are performed in most rubber producing countries, in particular in Indonesia, Thailand, China and Brazil. These studies focus more or less equally on perennials (forest species and fruit trees), annual intercrops and mixed plantations. Of the 47 annual crops associated with rubber in the literature, 20 studies dealt with rice, maize, banana and cassava. Agronomy is the main discipline in the literature followed by socio-economy and then ecology. Only 4 papers are devoted to plant physiology and breeding. The discussion section has attempted to analyze the evolution of rubber agroforestry research, progress in the selection of food crop varieties adapted to agroforestry systems, and to draw some recommendations for rubber-based agroforestry systems associated with food crops.

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The household economics of rubber intercropping during the immature period in Northeast Thailand

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Rubber, rubber and rubber: How 75 years of successive rubber plantation rotations affect topsoil quality?

Rubber, rubber and rubber: How 75 years of successive rubber plantation rotations affect topsoil quality?

Sustainable development of rubber plantations in a context of climate change: Challenges and opportunities

Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems Associated with Food Crops: A Solution for Sustainable Rubber and Food Production?

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