Dudukuhan Tree Farming Systems in West Java: How to Mobilize Self-Strengthening of Community-Based Forest Management? - Smallholder Tree Growing for Rural Development and Environmental Services - page 100

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3 Foods

Income source
Fuelwoods
Construction
Fodder
Medicines
Erosion prevented

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Fruits Timber Fruits Timber Fruits Timber

Cisarua Curug Bitung Parakan Muncang

Fig. 4.3 Ranking of farmers' priority for tree uses

The production of fodder and fuelwood are of medium consideration to species
selection. The production of medicinal products is of least importance.

4.3.3 Management of Dudukuhans

Table 4.4 summarizes dudukuhan management by farmers as documented by the
farm and household economic study (Budidarsono et al. 2004). Typically, duduku-
han systems receive little proactive management. Harvesting is the most common
activity, conducted in 35.9% of dudukuhans during the period analyzed by the
study. Weeding and maintenance of tree or annual crops is the second most com-
mon activity, conducted 15.1% of the dudukuhan plots. The number of person-days
committed to harvesting (30 ps-day ha −1 ) was less than the number of person-days used
in weeding and maintenance (95 ps-day ha −1 ). Chemical fertilizer was applied in
only 1.4% of dudukuhans; with organic fertilizer applied to 3.1%. The average
application of chemical fertilizer was very low, only 30.0 kg ha −1 ; the average application
of organic fertilizer was reasonably high (1.9 t ha −1 ).

4.4 Discussion

Nanggung has human population of 74,211 people and 17,187 households. Average
landholding per household is 0.3 ha of irrigated riceland and 0.25 ha of dudukuhan.
Dudukuhan systems cover 16.7% of total area of the subdistrict. While 73.3% of
the household heads consider themselves farmers, agriculture provides only 31.2%
of household incomes. Trade (operating small shops), the service sector, gold min-
ing, bentonite mining, and plantation work are alternative sources of household
income (Budidarsono et al. 2004).