Socio-economic factors affecting the rate of adoption of acacia plantations by smallholders in Indonesia

D B Permadi; Michael Burton; Ram Pandit; Digby Race; Chunbo Ma; Daniel Mendham; Eko B Hardiyanto

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.054

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Socio-economic factors affecting the rate of adoption of acacia plantations by smallholders in Indonesia

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Socio-economic factors affecting the rate of adoption of acacia plantations by smallholders in Indonesia

D B Permadi, Michael Burton, Ram Pandit, Digby Race, Chunbo Ma, Daniel Mendham and Eko B Hardiyanto

Land Use Policy, Vol.76, pp.215-223

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.054

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community-based commercial forestry

reforestation policy

farmer-to-farmer learning

forest extension

discrete-time duration analysis

Acacia plantations have an important role in increasing the reforestation rate and fulfilling the market demand for processed timber in some Asian countries. This study investigates the factors affecting the time-to-adoption of Acacia spp. by smallholders in different landscapes of Indonesia. We use discrete time duration analysis and data on time of first adoption by 430 landholders from Yogyakarta and the outer regions of South Sumatra and West Kalimantan. Results show that, on average, the time to adoption among smallholders in Yogyakarta was 3.1 years, while that for the outer regions was considerably longer at 10.8 years. Faster rates of acacia adoption were associated with smallholders growing other timber species, having larger land holdings, land acquired from inheritance (compared to via the market), being younger, having an on-farm occupation, and having experience of contracts used in commercial forestry. Changes in the reforestation schemes had limited impact on the adoption rate of acacia, although some schemes marginally decreased or increased the adoption rate. This could be associated with limited availability of acacia seedlings provided by government, which prioritizes seedlings of other commercial tree species, and changes in the contract mechanisms. The mode of extension, such as farmer-to-farmer learning and forest extension agents, also affected adoption.

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Title: Socio-economic factors affecting the rate of adoption of acacia plantations by smallholders in Indonesia
Authors: D B Permadi (Author) - Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Michael Burton (Author) - University of Western Australia
Ram Pandit (Author) - University of Western Australia
Digby Race (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Chunbo Ma (Author) - University of Western Australia
Daniel Mendham (Author) - CSIRO Land and Water
Eko B Hardiyanto (Author) - Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Publication details: Land Use Policy, Vol.76, pp.215-223
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.054
ISSN: 0264-8377
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450886902621
Output Type: Journal article

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