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The success of an agricultural industry in commercial duck egg production in the swamplands of South Kalimantan (Borneo) is examined through the utilization of a human ecology framework. Seasonality of resource availability and human population growth are identified as two major constraints to production faced by farmers. Population increases in the urban sectors of southeastern Borneo also present economic opportunities for farmers because of the growing demand for poultry products. Farmers have responded by developing an intensification strategy in egg production based on the use of diversified resources for duck feed. The long-term consequences of these and other innovations in duck farming are discussed; and diversity-stability theory is examined for its applicability to this case of agricultural development and for rural development theory and practice.
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The research that this paper is based upon was funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BNS-8107626, Cathay Pacific Airlines, and The Graduate School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New jersey. In Indonesia, the research was sponsored by Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, and Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), Jakarta.
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Vondal, P.J. Intensification through diversified resource use: The human ecology of a successful agricultural industry in Indonesian Borneo. Hum Ecol 15, 27–51 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891370
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