Abstract
Agroforestry activities in Forest Areas with Special Purpose (FASP) have been implemented since 2000 in Parungpanjang, West Java, which was subsequently reinforced by the Decree of the Minister of Environment and Forestry concerning the Recognition and Protection of Forest Partnerships (Kulin KK) for the Harapan Sejahtera and Guna Bakti Forest Farmer Groups in 2019. This study investigates the contribution of agroforestry systems to farmer income using a household survey in the Parungpanjang Research Forest. The study aims to analyze: 1) the contribution of agroforestry to farmer income from a household structured income analysis; 2) factors of agroforestry that influence total farmer household income using multiple regression analysis. The results show that agroforestry systems contributed 15.8% to farmer household income. The highest agroforestry productivity occurs in the age group of 41-45 years with an average of managed land area of 0.65 hectares and average annual income of IDR 16,780,000 (USD 1,198.6)/farmer/year. The statistical model showed that agroforestry income does not have a significant influence on total farmer household income due to differences in the types of commercial crops, motivation, and skill, as well as age related to physical abilities. There are only two agroforestry factors, namely age and land area, that have a significant influence on total farmer income, whereby the direction of the age variable has a negative influence.
Highlights
In order to address the global challenges of climate change, food security, and rural poverty, changes in environmental management systems are required
Referring to the aims of the agroforestry system and Social Forestry (SF) implementation in Forest Areas with Special Purpose (FASP) Parungpanjang, this study aims to fill the gap on socio-economic aspects of FASP to complement the baseline data for impact measurement
This study was conducted in the Parungpanjang FASP (106031’06”E, 06022’58,9”S) managed by the Forest Tree Seed Technology Research and Development Center (FTSTRDC), of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF)
Summary
In order to address the global challenges of climate change, food security, and rural poverty, changes in environmental management systems are required. Agroforestry is a system of natural resources management that integrates trees on farms and in the agricultural landscape to diversify and sustain production (Molla, 2019). Several studies of agroforestry systems in Indonesia have shown that it has brought about several positive impacts because it increases productivity of forest land (Suryanto et al, 2013), improves soil quality (Mulyono et al, 2019), plays an important role in maintaining avian diversity (Withaningsih et al, 2020), brings economic benefits for local communities (Sudaryanto & Variasa, 2018; Kamaluddin et al, 2020), and promotes food security
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