Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia
There is an urgent need for a global transition to sustainable and wildlife-friendly farming systems that provide social and economic equity and protect ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. Java is home to 60 of Indonesia�s population and harbors many endemic species; thus, managing ag...
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| author | Campera, M. Budiadi, B. Adinda, E. Ahmad, N. Balestri, M. Hedger, K. Imron, M.A. Manson, S. Nijman, V. Nekaris, K.A.I. |
| author_facet | Campera, M. Budiadi, B. Adinda, E. Ahmad, N. Balestri, M. Hedger, K. Imron, M.A. Manson, S. Nijman, V. Nekaris, K.A.I. |
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| description | There is an urgent need for a global transition to sustainable and wildlife-friendly farming systems that provide social and economic equity and protect ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. Java is home to 60 of Indonesia�s population and harbors many endemic species; thus, managing agriculture alongside human well-being and biodiversity is vital. Within a community of ~400 coffee farmers in the province of West Java, we assessed the steps to develop a wildlife-friendly program until reaching certification between February 2019 and October 2020. We adopted an adaptive management approach that included developing common objectives through a process of stakeholder consultation and co-learning. We firstly investigated via interviews the expectations and the issues encountered by 25 farmers who converted to organic production in 2016. Their main expectations were an increase in income and an increase in coffee quality, while they had issues mainly in finding high quality fertilizers, reducing pests, and increasing productivity. We used this information to establish a problem-solving plan for the transition to community-wide wildlife-friendly practices. As part of the adaptive evaluation, we assessed the quality of coffee plantations before and after the implementation of coproduced actions. The quality of coffee significantly improved after our interventions to reduce the coffee berry borer, especially in the fields that started as inorganic and converted to organic. We uncovered additional issues to meet the standards for certification, including banning hunting and trapping activities and increasing coffee quality for international export. We describe the coproduced actions (agroforestry, conservation education, local law, organic alternatives) and phases of the program and discuss the potential barriers. We provide novel evidence of adaptive management framework successfully used to implement management actions and reach shared goals. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:2802222023-11-07T01:41:38Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/280222/ Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia Campera, M. Budiadi, B. Adinda, E. Ahmad, N. Balestri, M. Hedger, K. Imron, M.A. Manson, S. Nijman, V. Nekaris, K.A.I. Sustainable Agricultural Development Agricultural Land Management Forestry Sciences There is an urgent need for a global transition to sustainable and wildlife-friendly farming systems that provide social and economic equity and protect ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. Java is home to 60 of Indonesia�s population and harbors many endemic species; thus, managing agriculture alongside human well-being and biodiversity is vital. Within a community of ~400 coffee farmers in the province of West Java, we assessed the steps to develop a wildlife-friendly program until reaching certification between February 2019 and October 2020. We adopted an adaptive management approach that included developing common objectives through a process of stakeholder consultation and co-learning. We firstly investigated via interviews the expectations and the issues encountered by 25 farmers who converted to organic production in 2016. Their main expectations were an increase in income and an increase in coffee quality, while they had issues mainly in finding high quality fertilizers, reducing pests, and increasing productivity. We used this information to establish a problem-solving plan for the transition to community-wide wildlife-friendly practices. As part of the adaptive evaluation, we assessed the quality of coffee plantations before and after the implementation of coproduced actions. The quality of coffee significantly improved after our interventions to reduce the coffee berry borer, especially in the fields that started as inorganic and converted to organic. We uncovered additional issues to meet the standards for certification, including banning hunting and trapping activities and increasing coffee quality for international export. We describe the coproduced actions (agroforestry, conservation education, local law, organic alternatives) and phases of the program and discuss the potential barriers. We provide novel evidence of adaptive management framework successfully used to implement management actions and reach shared goals. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 2021 Article PeerReviewed Campera, M. and Budiadi, B. and Adinda, E. and Ahmad, N. and Balestri, M. and Hedger, K. and Imron, M.A. and Manson, S. and Nijman, V. and Nekaris, K.A.I. (2021) Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia. Land, 10 (2). pp. 1-16. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100120096&doi=10.3390%2fland10020121&partnerID=40&md5=1a4d0b55c86b2c0f326838f935ba0a3a https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020121 |
| spellingShingle | Sustainable Agricultural Development Agricultural Land Management Forestry Sciences Campera, M. Budiadi, B. Adinda, E. Ahmad, N. Balestri, M. Hedger, K. Imron, M.A. Manson, S. Nijman, V. Nekaris, K.A.I. Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title | Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title_full | Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title_short | Fostering a wildlife-friendly program for sustainable coffee farming: The case of small-holder farmers in Indonesia |
| title_sort | fostering a wildlife friendly program for sustainable coffee farming the case of small holder farmers in indonesia |
| topic | Sustainable Agricultural Development Agricultural Land Management Forestry Sciences |
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