Principal agent in tree mortgage system on traditional agroforestry management in Moluccas Indonesia

IUFRO International and Multi-disciplinary Scientific Conference "Forest-related policy and governance: analyses in the environmental social sciences"

生态环境科学;社会科学（总论）

Salampessy, M.L.^1 ; Febryano, I.G.^2 ; Zulfiani, D.^3

Forestry Faculty, University of Nusa Bangsa, Bogor, Indonesia^1

Departement of Forestry, Agriculture Faculty, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia^2

Public Administration, Social and Political Science, University of Mulawarman, Samarinda, Indonesia^3

关键词: Agroforestry system;    Case study approach;    Forest resources;    Land managements;    Marketing prospects;    Principal agents;    Principal-agent theory;    Sustainable management;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/285/1/012013/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/285/1/012013

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The agroforestry system in land management has been carried out traditionally by societies in Moluccas. The practice is known as dusung, and includes the cultivation of nutmeg trees. Farmers face a number of problems, one of which is a system of debt bondage that inflicts financial loss upon the farmers. This study aims to explain the involvement of farmers with debt bondage system, namely the tree mortgage system (TMS). This research uses a case study approach, with the collection of interviews and participant conservation data. The data is analysed using principal agent theory. The results showed that nutmeg farmers (principal) have a risk when debt bondage (agent) denies an agreement/moral hazard or acts out an agreement. This occurs when agent exploits the access of information and nutmeg marketing prospects, which makes the position of farmers weak and disadvantaged. Improving contracts for TMS and local institutional strengthening is necessary, as it can improve the bargaining position of nutmeg farmers and encourage the preservation of forest resources through sustainable management of nutmeg dusung.