Bostang Radjagukguk Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture Gadjah Mada University, Sekip

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Bostang RadjagukgukDepartment of Soil Science,
Faculty of AgricultureGadjah Mada University,
Sekip, Yogyakarta 55581, IndonesiaE-mail
Bostang_at_idola.net.id
PROSPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ON
TROPICAL PEATLAND
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BACKGROUND

• Pressing need for increasing food production, and
  export commodities (e.g. oil palm)
• Land conversion on Java (60 of Indonesias rice
  production) and shortage of suitable mineral land
  outside Java
• Large expanses of peatland ( 20 million), in
  sparsely populated areas

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is development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs
(WCED,1990)
Sustainable Development
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is the use of farming practices and systems
which maintain or enhance
Sustainable Agriculture

• the economic viability of agricultural
  production
• the natural resource base and
• other ecosystems which are influenced by
  agricultural activities
• (SCA Technical Report Series
  No.36,1991)

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SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

• Productivity net unit of output per unit of
  input
• Stability Constancy of productivity
  despite fluctuations in
• environmental
  variables
• Resiliency ability to maintain
  productivity when subjected
• to stress or shock
• Adaptability ability of system to respond to
  change in its
• environment to ensure
  survival
• Equability evenness of distribution of
  products among
• human beneficiaries
• Autonomy ability of system to function
  normally using
• only resources under
  its control
• Solidarity ability of associated social
  system to make and
• implement decisions
  regarding its management

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CONCLUSIONS

• Economic development vs. Conservation
• Pressing human needs
• Time span
• Human ingenuity
• Problem to be Solved
• Suitable crops
• Hydrology management
• Soil management
• Environmental impacts
• Research
• Parameters of sustainability
• Criteria (evaluation tool) for sustainability

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