Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 2001

Call Cutter : D - Envi 4

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB),

Publication Date : November 2001

Publication Place : Laguna, Philippines :

Summary : The main objective of the study was to assess the sustainability of smallholder cashew production, focusing on selected ecological, economic, social and cultural indicators involving the Eastern Island Smallholder Cashew Development Project (EISCDP) and its participants in West Lombok-West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The respondents consisted of 100 from the population of EISCDP beneficiaries;the list was drawn from three (3) villages, with 36 from Loloan, 25 from Bayan, and 39 from Anyar. The few informal leaders for each group who were knowledgeable about EISCDP were selected at the district, sub-district and village levels. Tests of relationships were done among the five economic variables : production infrastructure, market infrastructure, credit accessibility, labor use allocation, and input utilization. The probability values in all instances were the same, indicating that the four factors have positive interrelationship. For the three variables of ecological soundness: soil erosion, soil fertility, and soil moisture, all the relationships were found positive. All values are shown to be highly significant at 0.025 level.