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Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems Associated with Food Crops: A Solution for Sustainable Rubber and Food Production?

Version 1 : Received: 14 May 2024 / Approved: 15 May 2024 / Online: 15 May 2024 (07:41:46 CEST)

How to cite: Cahyo, A. N.; Dong, Y.; Taryono, T.; Nugraha, Y.; Junaidi, J.; Sahuri, S.; Penot, E.; Hairmansis, A.; Purwestri, Y. A.; Akbar, A.; Asywadi, H.; Ardika, R.; Prasetyo, N. E.; Agustina, D. S.; Alam, T.; Oktavia, F.; Subandiyah, S.; Montoro, P. Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems Associated with Food Crops: A Solution for Sustainable Rubber and Food Production?. Preprints 2024, 2024051009. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1009.v1 Cahyo, A. N.; Dong, Y.; Taryono, T.; Nugraha, Y.; Junaidi, J.; Sahuri, S.; Penot, E.; Hairmansis, A.; Purwestri, Y. A.; Akbar, A.; Asywadi, H.; Ardika, R.; Prasetyo, N. E.; Agustina, D. S.; Alam, T.; Oktavia, F.; Subandiyah, S.; Montoro, P. Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems Associated with Food Crops: A Solution for Sustainable Rubber and Food Production?. Preprints 2024, 2024051009. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1009.v1

Abstract

Agroforestry is often seen as a sustainable land-use system for agricultural production providing ecosystem services. Intercropping with food crops leads to equal or higher productivity than monoculture and results in food production for industry and subsistence. Low rubber price and low labor productivity in smallholdings have led to a dramatic conversion of rubber plantations to more profitable crops. The literature analysis performed in this paper aimed at better understanding the ins and outs that could make rubber-based agroforestry more attractive for farmers. A library was set-up consisting of 415 scientific references. Of the 232 journal articles, 141 studies were carried out on rubber agroforestry. Since 2011, the number of studies per year has increased. Studies on rubber-based agroforestry systems are performed in most rubber producing countries, in particular in Indonesia, Thailand, China and Brazil. These studies focus more or less equally on perennials (forest species and fruit trees), annual intercrops and mixed plantations. Of the 47 annual crops associated with rubber in the literature, 20 studies dealt with rice, maize, banana and cassava. Agronomy is the main discipline in the literature followed by socio-economy and then ecology. Only 4 papers are devoted to plant physiology and breeding. The discussion section has attempted to analyze the evolution of rubber agroforestry research, progress in the selection of food crop varieties adapted to agroforestry systems, and to draw some recommendations for rubber-based agroforestry systems associated with food crops.

Keywords

industrial crop; annual crop; fruit tree; intercropping; plantation

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy

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