Integration of smallholder crop‐forage‐livestock systems in South East Asia — an eastern Indonesian case study

摘要

Materials and practices for integrating forage‐based livestock activities into smallholder farming systems in South East Asia are readily available, but have a poor adoption record.A 5 step participatory technology development approach has been successfully trialled in 3 regional sites in eastern Indonesia to integrate Bali cattle raising activities based on planted forages into traditional food and cash cropping systems.The approach is underpinned with simulation modelling applied within a farming systems research framework.The 5 steps are described and their application illustrated for a smallholder household located in South Sulawesi.The resulting forage and cattle management technologies and practices are being extended over a large area of eastern Indonesia.