Cultivating cacao Implications of sun-grown cacao on local food security and environmental sustainability |
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Authors: | Jill M Belsky Stephen F Siebert |
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Institution: | (1) School of Forestry, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA;(2) School of Forestry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA |
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Abstract: | The reasons why upland farmerson the Indonesian island of Sulawesi areengaged in a cacao boom and its long termimplications are addressed in the context ofprotected area management regulations, andpolitical and economic conditions inPost-Suharto, Indonesia. In the remote casestudy village of Moa in Central Sulawesi, wefound that while few households cultivatedcacao in the early 1990s, all had planted cacaoby 2000. Furthermore, the vast majoritycultivate cacao in former food-crop focusedswidden fields under full-sun conditions.Farmers cultivate cacao to establish propertyrights in light of a land shortage driven inpart by the prohibition of farming and forestproduct collecting in a nearby national park,and to secure a future source of income, aconcern that has been exacerbated byIndonesia's economic crisis. However,conversion of swidden fields to sun-grown cacaoconstrains future food productionopportunities, increases susceptibility todrought stress and potential soil nutrient andorganic matter losses, and increases householddependence on a commodity that is subject toextreme price volatility. These factors raisesignificant concerns for local food securityand agricultural sustainability. |
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Keywords: | Cacao Cocoa Conservation Food security Indonesia Shade-grown tree crops |
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