This chapter summarizes the field survey on 108 migrant farmers in the four ex-transmigration settlements constructed in the peat-soil areas in the province of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Our major findings are that (1) sales of agricultural produce accounted for less than one-quarter of cash earnings of our respondents, (2) many respondents had given up, or were giving up rice cultivation, (3) in the near future, rubber may become a large cash-income source for the farmers in the study area, and (4) industrial oil-palm plantations are altering the agricultural scene of the peat-soil area in Central Kalimantan.
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- Authors: Tachibana, T.
- Author Affiliation: Chiba University
- Subjects: livelihoods, migrations, farmers, peatlands, cultivation, agriculture land
- Publication type: Chapter
- Source: Osaki, M., Tsuji, N. (eds). 2016. Tropical Peatland Ecosystems. 613-638
- Year: 2016
- ISSN: 978-4-431-55681-7
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55681-7_40
