Assessing Multidimensional Resilience of Smallholder Plantations in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.006How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Smallholders’ resilience; Adaptability; Recoverability; Anticipation; Innovation

Abstract

The resilience of smallholder plantations implies the ability of farmers to thrive in disturbances or disruptions on their farms. The farmers try to integrate social and economic capacities and resources to adapt, tolerate, and manage the risk, and enhance their farm resilience. There are three priority plantation commodities contributing to Indonesia’s economic growth, particularly Bengkulu Province, which are oil palm, rubber, and coffee. Thus, it is important to understand the resilience of smallholder plantations in Bengkulu Province. 360 farmers have been surveyed from six villages in three districts (North Bengkulu, South Bengkulu, and Rejang Lebong). The method deployed in this study is quantitative descriptive analysis. This research developed a multidimensional resilience indicators approach based on farmers’ perceptions about their capacity of adaptability, recoverability, anticipation, and innovation level. These fourth resilience indicators were assessed by 12 sub-indicators which have been arranged in a structured questionnaire. The results show that more than 50% of smallholder plantations in Bengkulu Province are classified as less resilient smallholders. The further finding also indicates that the most resilient smallholders are coffee farmers, whereas the least resilient smallholders are rubber farmers. The smallholding farmers in Bengkulu Province generally are innovative farmers and have good recoverability. However, they are quite adaptive and less anticipatory farmers.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Apri Andani
AU  - Irham
AU  - Jamhari
AU  - Any Suryantini
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/15
TI  - Assessing Multidimensional Resilience of Smallholder Plantations in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socio-economics, Agribusiness, and Rural Development (ICSASARD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 37
EP  - 45
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.006
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.006
ID  - Andani2021
ER  -