Too good to be true? Permanent rubber agroforestry systems. Reality and challenges in Thailand

It was very interesting to engage an in-depth socio-economic survey involving all SRAP farmers, in order to assess the current situation of farmers’ income (generated by

The question remains: what is the possible impact of agroforestry to the climatic change adaptation and mitigation? Globally, more trees and more biomass will create

• Rubber agroforestry trials in Indonesia came right in time in 1994 with a strong demand from farmers for low cost clonal systems with income diversification : the right time at

We are back to the same problems and same situation that we faced in 1994: poor access to clonal planting material, no training on tapping frequency and practices but with some

It is possible to use LFT (low frequency tapping systems) when using hormonal stimulation, with the condition that this hormonal Ethephon stimulation must be tailored to rubber

Figure 1 Effect of tapping systems on number of tapping time at rubber tree plantations in Buriram province (a) and Khon Kaen province (b). Vertical error bars indicate the

11 Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.. 12 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University,

We thank Esther Lauri for her help on formatting this document, and the local organizing committee, in particular Sandrine Renoir.. The “golden period” stopped in 2012 and