Fallow ia a landscape-dynamics model, comprising of the following main dynamic processes: (1) plot-level soil fertility dynamics in crop and fallow phases affecting agricultural crop production.; (2) food storage, use and sale at the village level, with options along the spectrum from 'full dependence on local food production' to 'fully market-intergrated' economy; (3) farmer decisions on increase or decrease of the area cropped, depending on labour availability and expected profitability of various land use options, as they have learnt from past experiences within the simulation; (4) spatial im[lementation of choices for land clearing; and (5) impact assessment of how the resultant mosaic of land cover will affect watershed functions, biodiversity indicators and carbon stocks.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Suyamto D A; Hadi D N; van Noordwijk, M.; Lusiana, B.
Language
English
Keywords
Agroforestry, Assessment, Environment, Forests, Land use, Landscape, Waste land
Geographic
Indonesia
