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Reviews and notes exploitation of artificial forests dominated by a resin-producing Dipterocarp (Shorea javaniea) and various fruit trees and yielding both cash money from the collection of resin and foods or material for home consumption from other trees (cultivated as well as spontaneous). The joint evolution of the agroforest and agricultural system in relation with increasing population density and regression of primary forest is analysed. The second example is in West Sumatra, where irrigated rice culture has been established for centuries; agroforests have been exploited for a long time and represent an interesting combination between cash cropping with perennial spice trees (nutmeg and cinnamon) or coffee, and subsistence practices involving the tending of fruit trees or wood species and the collection of spontaneous species, for food and material supply. The stability of this system, and its role in stabilizing the whole agricultural system is analysed. The function of this agroforest as a valuable buffer between villages and the protected forest of the area is emphasised. These two case studies are completed by an analytic review of different agroforestry practices in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java, drawn from both personal field studies and bibliographic research. These examples cover remote forest areas (Mentawai archipelago, Jambi http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agroforestry Systems Springer Journals

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Agroforestry Systems , Volume 4 (3) – Jul 18, 2005
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exploitation of artificial forests dominated by a resin-producing Dipterocarp (Shorea javaniea) and various fruit trees and yielding both cash money from the collection of resin and foods or material for home consumption from other trees (cultivated as well as spontaneous). The joint evolution of the agroforest and agricultural system in relation with increasing population density and regression of primary forest is analysed. The second example is in West Sumatra, where irrigated rice culture...
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Life Sciences; Forestry; Agriculture
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0167-4366
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1572-9680
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10.1007/BF02028362
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Abstract

exploitation of artificial forests dominated by a resin-producing Dipterocarp (Shorea javaniea) and various fruit trees and yielding both cash money from the collection of resin and foods or material for home consumption from other trees (cultivated as well as spontaneous). The joint evolution of the agroforest and agricultural system in relation with increasing population density and regression of primary forest is analysed. The second example is in West Sumatra, where irrigated rice culture has been established for centuries; agroforests have been exploited for a long time and represent an interesting combination between cash cropping with perennial spice trees (nutmeg and cinnamon) or coffee, and subsistence practices involving the tending of fruit trees or wood species and the collection of spontaneous species, for food and material supply. The stability of this system, and its role in stabilizing the whole agricultural system is analysed. The function of this agroforest as a valuable buffer between villages and the protected forest of the area is emphasised. These two case studies are completed by an analytic review of different agroforestry practices in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java, drawn from both personal field studies and bibliographic research. These examples cover remote forest areas (Mentawai archipelago, Jambi

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