Economic Crisis,Small Farmer Well-Being,and Forest Cover Change in Indonesia |
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| Institution: | 1. National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare School of Biomedical Informatics University of Texas Health Science Center, 7000 Fannin St, Houston, 77030 TX, USA;2. Center for Cognitive Studies in Medicine and Public Health The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, 10029 NY, USA;3. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Texas Medical School at Houston University of Texas Health Science Center, 6341 Fannin St, Houston, 77030 TX, USA;4. Psychiatric Emergency Services New York Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th St, New York, 10032 NY, USA;1. Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York;2. Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Rockefeller University, New York, New York;3. Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York;4. Department of Dermatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel;1. CIEMAT, Department of Fundamental Research, Avda. Complutense 40, 28040, Madrid, Spain;2. University of Extremadura, ARCO Research Group, Department Technologies of Computers and Communications, Escuela Politécnica, Campus Universitario s/n, 10003, Cáceres, Spain;1. Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;2. Department of Food Animal Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;3. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;4. Department of Animal and Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Field research was conducted on 1,050 Indonesian households to understand the effects of the Asian economic crisis on the well-being of small farmers outside of Java and on their forest-clearing practices. The main findings are: (a) most farmers perceived themselves as worse off during the crisis than before, challenging the claim that farmers with export income would be better off and (b) forest clearing by farmers increased significantly during the crisis to expand rubber holdings and other tree crops, with the aim of increasing future income security. Among the policy lessons are that crop diversification and targeted aid can minimize impoverishment and avert increased forest clearing following macroeconomic destabilization. |
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