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Indigenous Makassarese and Bugis ethnic groups.- Annual cropping on degraded lands. In the 1980s hybrid maize was introduced as a cash crop, leading to forest and tree garden conversion. Incomes are low.- Agroforestry systems. In the 1990s coffee, cacao and cloves were introduced. Rubber was recently introduced. Incomes double of thosein annual cropping areas.- Timber-based agroforestry systems. Timber based systems; also coconut, coffee, clove, and mixed tree systems. Many local men workoverseas. Incomes in these areas are higher than the other two typologies.

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