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Poster
PO0203-09
TitleDipterocarp Trees in Rubber Agroforestry: Interplanting Strategies for High-value Timber Production in Sumatra
AuthorHesti L. Tata, Meine van Noordwijk, Degi Harja and Laxman Joshi
Year2009
PublisherWorld Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF, SEA Regional Office
CityBogor, Indonesia
Call NumberPO0203-09
NotesThe 2 World Congress of Agroforestry Nairobi, 24-28 August 2009
Abstract:
 Rubber agroforests in Sumatra (Indonesia) are managed by farmers under a range of management intensities. For trees other than Rubber farmers usually rely on natural regeneration, selecting useful trees (fruits, fire wood, spices, dye and timber) among many.
 With depletion of natural forests, the main source of timber, farmers are now interested in growing timber trees inside Rubber gardens (called Kebun Karet) both for domestic use and household income.
 Meranti, trade name for Shorea spp. (Dipterocarpaceae), is a high economic value timber, that can be inter-planted with Rubber. Some Shorea species, e.g. S. fallax, are shade tolerant; while others, like S. leprosula, S. selanica and S. lamellata, are light demanding.
 To support on-farm experimentation, we used the Spatially Explicit Individual-based Forest Simulator (SExI-FS) to explore options and planting strategies.
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GRP 2: Maximizing on-farm productivity of trees and agroforestry systems
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