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 (calledKebun 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.
Publication year
2009
Authors
Tata M H L; Harja D; Joshi L; van Noordwijk, M.
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, rubber, trees
Geographic
Indonesia
