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This article tries to identify the key variables that determine landuse patterns and the strategies of households towards tree growing in two upland regions in Central Java. A household's access to land and market opportunities appear to be such key variables. Households with little land use their land more intensively with respect to crop, livestock and tree production. So do households with access to market opportunities. Based on this type of diagnostic research more appropriate tree-based designs could be developed to contribute to the solution of landuse problems in the uplands of Java.
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Van Der Poel, P., Van Dijk, H. Household economy and tree growing in upland Central Java. Agroforest Syst 5, 169–184 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047520
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