Conversion of traditional village gardens and new economic strategies of rural households in the area of Bogor,Indonesia |
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Authors: | G Michon F Mary |
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Institution: | (1) ORSTOM/BIOTROP, P.O. Box 17, Bogor, Indonesia;(2) CNEARC, Av. d'agropolis, 34000 Montpellier, France |
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Abstract: | Multistoried village gardens in the vicinity of Bogor (West Java, Indonesia) have long been essential multi-purpose production systems for low-income households. However they are being subjected to important conversion processes linked to socio-economic changes presently found in overcrowded semi-urban zones. Determining factors in their development are a high population increase and the rise of a market economy. Some gardens tend to specialize in commercial growing of fruits or of export crops, others are colonized by houses and associated home-gardens. Traditional gardens gradually lose their earlier ecological and economic features but also become a major asset for the modernization of village economy and society. In addition they bring socio-professional changes to villagers and play a determining role in the search for a new balance in the relationship between cities and villages. |
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Keywords: | homegardens forest gardens Java Indonesia household economy |
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