Rubber Agroforestry System Type 1 (RAS-1) for smallholder farmers

Millions of households in Indonesia depend on cultivation of natural rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis ). These smallholder farmers (with <5 ha plots) constitute 84% rubber area that provide 68% of the total natural rubber producti on in the country. However, most available rubber technologies ar e developed for estate plantati ons and management and are less appropriate for smallholder farmers. Rubber Agroforestry System Type 1 (RAS-1) is a adapted technology developed for smallholder rubber production. The traditional practice of growing rice in the first ye ar is maintained. Instead of ru bber seedlings, improved clones of rubber are used. Weeding is limited to a narrow strip along the rubber rows. Space between rubber rows are not weeded while natu rally regenerating valuable timber and fruit trees are retained. A series of long term observations-cum-demonstration plots were established in Jambi and West Kalimantan to monitor the performance of rubber trees and other observations.


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2022

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