Structure of Agroforestry Farmers’ Household Income: Findings from the Kendeng Mountains Area, Indonesia

Abstract

Agroforestry systems have received much attention as sustainable land use practices that integrate agricultural crops and forest crops by local people to maximize the income structure. However, often the structure of household income who adopted this system is volatile and unpredictable. The purpose of this study was to examine the income structure of farmer households that rely on agroforestry systems and explore factors that influence agroforestry income. We used variables of age, education, land area, number of activities of non-agroforestry, number of cultivated plants, and institutional participation. This study used survey techniques and in-depth interviews to collect data in Tegaldowo Village which was chosen based on the agroforestry potential of the surrounding villages in the Kendeng Mountains region. We interviewed 34 households selected from the population by random sampling, then we analyzed all informations by using descriptive and regression analysis. The analysis results showed that agroforestry income contributes 57.4% of the total household income approximately 25,071,029 IDR (1,729 USD) per household per year. In addition, non-agroforestry income contributed 4.2% of total household income consisting of 14% paddy field farming, skilled labor 842%, public workers 9.9%, traders 0.8%, employee 8.7%, remittances 0.8%, and other income 3.6%.