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Many developing countries are trying to promote agricultural diversification among smallholders because they feel that smallholders are too dependent upon a narrow range of crops. Fieldwork among smallholder rattan cultivators in Southern Borneo, Indonesia, suggests that smallholders do maintain a poorly diversified portfolio of agricultural activities. Farmers rely heavily upon rattan because of its superior profitability. A number of economic and agronimic constraints however prevent farmers from diversifying out of rattan into other crops.
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Godoy, R.A., Feaw, T.C. Agricultural diversification among smallholder rattan cultivators in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Agroforest Syst 13, 27–40 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129617
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