GOOD PRACTICES FOR MAINTAINING DIVERSITY OF TROPICAL FRUIT TREES THROUGH VALUE ADDITION ACTIVITIES BY WOMAN FARMERS IN EAST JAVA

Authors

  • Kuntoro Boga Andri Indonesian Agricultural Research and Development Ministry of Agriculture

Keywords:

conservation, fruit trees, women, value addition

Abstract

The tropical fruits genetic resources, had a vital roles on nourish and source of income of local people as well as natural preservation. The study which was conducted at two sites in East Java Province, Indonesia during 2011 to 2012,  aim to describe the significane of empowering women group to improve processing and market local mangos and citrus products. The study have proved the income contribution from mango and citrus production and its derivatives in both sited may reach 51 and 55 percent of total family income. To overcome of cheap price of fruits in the harvest season and enhance processing activities, training on processing techniques of mango was carried out by research institute (AIAT) in cooperation with NGO for the women farmers groups. In both sites, the processing units use all local varieties of fruits from the home garden and forest. Products currently are just sold in the local markets. Market expansion with an efficient distribution process in the future through promotion efforts may increase total consumers demand and marketing area. The practiced have maintaining diversity of tropical fruit trees through empowered women group to get the value added from local varieties of mango and citrus by process product and group marketing.

Author Biography

Kuntoro Boga Andri, Indonesian Agricultural Research and Development Ministry of Agriculture

Kuntoro Boga Andri, received his B.Sc. in Socio-Economics of Agriculture in 1998 at Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia (1998). Obtained his M.Agr. in Agricultural Economics and Marketing in 2004 at Graduate School of Agriculture, Saga University, Japan, and Ph.D. from The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Japan in 2007 in Agricultural Economics and Policy.  Since March  2016 became the Head of The LPTP  SULBAR (The Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology, West Sulawesi). 

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Published

2016-12-30

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Andri, K. B. (2016). GOOD PRACTICES FOR MAINTAINING DIVERSITY OF TROPICAL FRUIT TREES THROUGH VALUE ADDITION ACTIVITIES BY WOMAN FARMERS IN EAST JAVA. Agricultural Socio-Economics Journal, 16(2), 67–78. Retrieved from https://agrise.ub.ac.id/index.php/agrise/article/view/180

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016)

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