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Swidden, Oil Palm, and Food Security in West Kalimantan

Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies

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Title Swidden, Oil Palm, and Food Security in West Kalimantan
 
Creator Potter, Lesley
 
Subject
Indonesia; food access; staple food; West Kalimantan; palm oil

 
Description Concerns about rising prices of staple foods continue to be voiced by many observers, with the UN food-price index now surpassing even the peaks of the 2008 food crisis, which prompted civil disturbances in Indonesia. Much of the current concerns about rising food prices are not only about food availability—with harvests affected this year by extreme weather—but also about access to food. This paper examines the food security situation in rural West Kalimantan, especially in Sanggau district, looking at three aspects: the traditional agricultural system of the largely Dayak population, the impact of cash cropping for oil palm and rubber, and the effects of the price crash in 2008-2009.
 
Publisher Third World Studies Center
 
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Date 2012-12-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/3497
 
Source Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies; Vol 26, No 1-2 (2011): Food Sovereignty in Southeast Asia; 252-263
2012-080X
0116–0923
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/3497/pdf_135
 
Coverage West Kalimantan; Indonesia