Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan

The objective of the forest rehabilitation study with taungya system was to find out optimum method, cash crop species, constraints, and how much this system benefits forest rehabilitation. It was carried out using red meranti (Shorea smithiana) and rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as plantation trees, a...

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Autor principal: Sutisna, M.
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Publicado: Center for International Forestry Research 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18415
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description The objective of the forest rehabilitation study with taungya system was to find out optimum method, cash crop species, constraints, and how much this system benefits forest rehabilitation. It was carried out using red meranti (Shorea smithiana) and rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as plantation trees, and rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), soya bean (Glycine max) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) for intercropping. The research has shown that there are a number of constraints to the use of taungya in East Kalimantan for the rehabilitation of burnt, logged-over forest. The problems are a mix of technical, economic and social. It was found that the costs of establishing the taungya is comparable with that for establishment of industrial forest plantations but technical problems such as the lack of soil preparation, poor quality seed and inadequate fertiliser application techniques resulted in very low yields of the intercrops. This was exacerbated by protection problems and significant damage by birds and browsing animals further reduced yields. Some of these problems may be overcome by guarding the taungya fields and planting crops such as fibre producers which need less protection. However, unless the taungya system can be made economic and attractive to villagers it will be difficult to implement, especially in an area where there is no shortage of land close to the villages.
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spelling CGSpace184152025-01-24T14:20:17Z Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan Sutisna, M. taungya rehabilitation fire effects shorea hevea brasiliensis rice maize soyabeans conferences The objective of the forest rehabilitation study with taungya system was to find out optimum method, cash crop species, constraints, and how much this system benefits forest rehabilitation. It was carried out using red meranti (Shorea smithiana) and rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as plantation trees, and rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), soya bean (Glycine max) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) for intercropping. The research has shown that there are a number of constraints to the use of taungya in East Kalimantan for the rehabilitation of burnt, logged-over forest. The problems are a mix of technical, economic and social. It was found that the costs of establishing the taungya is comparable with that for establishment of industrial forest plantations but technical problems such as the lack of soil preparation, poor quality seed and inadequate fertiliser application techniques resulted in very low yields of the intercrops. This was exacerbated by protection problems and significant damage by birds and browsing animals further reduced yields. Some of these problems may be overcome by guarding the taungya fields and planting crops such as fibre producers which need less protection. However, unless the taungya system can be made economic and attractive to villagers it will be difficult to implement, especially in an area where there is no shortage of land close to the villages. 2001 2012-06-04T09:06:26Z 2012-06-04T09:06:26Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18415 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Sutisna, M. 2001. Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan . In: S. Kobayashi, J.W. Turnbull, T. Toma, T. Mori, N.M.N.A. Majid (eds.). Rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems: workshop proceedings, 2-4 November 1999, Bogor, Indonesia. :115-122. Bogor, Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. CIFOR. ISBN: 979-8764-70-6..
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fire effects
shorea
hevea brasiliensis
rice
maize
soyabeans
conferences
Sutisna, M.
Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title_full Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title_fullStr Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title_full_unstemmed Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title_short Taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt-over forest in East Kalimantan
title_sort taungya experiment for rehabilitation of burnt over forest in east kalimantan
topic taungya
rehabilitation
fire effects
shorea
hevea brasiliensis
rice
maize
soyabeans
conferences
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18415
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