Tidal Swamp Development in Kalimantan

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In this paper we discuss the impact of rice technology on the coastal peat swamp areas of Kalimantan, Indonesia. After the introduction of the Green Revolution rice technology and rehabilitation in the late-1960s, the Indonesian Government achieved rice self-sufficiency by 1984. However, since then, sprawling development projects on the island of Java in particular, have lead to a shortage of rice paddies. By 1996,Indonesia was importing about 3 million tonnes of this staple food. Consequently, the Government was forced to look elsewhere for rice producing land. In January 1996 former President Suharto launched the Million-Hectare Sawah Project, attempting to convert peat swamplands in Kalimantan into rice fields. The problems associated with rice technology transfer and economic development by the Indonesian Government in Kalimantan are discussed in general and specifically in relation to the Sawah Project. The Indonesian Government has taken the approach of non-consultation and non-cooperation with traditional technology. This paper compares the approach of the Melayu merchants to swamp land development with the government technocrats, in an attempt to highlight the importance of adapting introduced technology to the local context, and consider traditional knowledge as a possible useful tool to sustainable development. It further argues that perhaps the technocrats' system of swampland use may prove to be an illusion, whereas the apparently more transient system of the Melayu merchants could prove to be more permanent.
関西学院大学の論文
1999-08-31

Tidal Swamp Development in Kalimantan

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