Assessing vegetable cropping patterns in upland areas of Indonesia
2015
Vegetable products from Indonesia have good market potential and could be competitive in domestic and global markets. However, for vegetable production in Indonesia to be sustainable, appropriate cropping patterns need to be developed, especially in the upland areas where they face many environmental problems. This study attempts to analyse the cropping patterns currently used and to evaluate them to promote vegetables as high value commodities. Investigations were carried out in three vegetable growing areas: Pengalengan in West Java; Wonosobo in East Java; and Berastagi in North Sumatra. The majority of the area cropped in Pangalengan, Kejajar and Berastagi-Simpang Empat were planted with vegetables. Respectively, 70, 80 and 60 of farmers practiced a monoculture system. To explain the farmers cropping choice, several agronomic, economic and social factors were used including: (1) coefficient of domestic resource cost; (2) ratio of cost revenue; (3) supply and type of employees; (4) capital and the role of economic institutions; (5) quality and system of land use; (6) supply of manure and fertilizer; and (7) supply of pesticide in an analytical hierarchy process. Only the multi-culture cropping patterns proved to be sustainable and competitive.
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