Livelihood Alternatives in Restored Peatland Areas in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Dessy Adriani (), Muhammad Yazid, Riswani, Dini Damayanthy, Eunho Choi and Hyunyoung Yang
Additional contact information
Dessy Adriani: Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indralaya 30662, Indonesia
Muhammad Yazid: Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indralaya 30662, Indonesia
Riswani: Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indralaya 30662, Indonesia
Dini Damayanthy: Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indralaya 30662, Indonesia
Eunho Choi: Global Forestry Division, Future Forest Strategy Department, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
Hyunyoung Yang: Global Forestry Division, Future Forest Strategy Department, National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-24

Abstract: Livelihood loss and lower income because of peatland mismanagement are crucial issues that must be resolved in peatland areas. Although many studies have assessed farmers’ livelihoods and income enhancement, progress in addressing these problems remains inadequate. To address this issue, this study aimed to analyze various existing alternative livelihoods in the peatland community in Ogan Komering Ilir District, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia, and analyze scenarios for creating livelihoods and increasing people’s incomes through changes in peat ecosystem management and peatland restoration programs. This study used a survey method conducted in South Sumatra Province’s OKI District, one of the four priority peat-restoration districts in the province. We used three sampling stages, while descriptive, tabulated, and mathematical methods were used for analysis. We analyzed the feasibility of livelihoods that used benefit-cost analysis. The results showed that Sonor cultivation of paddies and catching fish in Rawang (swamp) were the livelihoods of farmers in peatlands. The community has also been processing peatland commodities into other products, such as Purun woven, and Gula Puan (buffalo milk processing). Several alternative livelihood scenarios that are financially profitable and can be developed include salted and smoked fish, Purun woven handicrafts, paludiculture, and agrosilvofishery, which can provide farmers with short-, medium-, and long-term income opportunities. This study can contribute to policymaking by fully considering the role of peat resources in rural livelihoods.

Keywords: agroforestry; swamp buffalo; paludiculture; Purun woven; salted fish; smoked fish; Sonor rice cultivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/643/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/643/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jlands:v:13:y:2024:i:5:p:643-:d:1391027

Access Statistics for this article

Land is currently edited by Ms. Carol Ma

More articles in Land from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().