Monitoring Study : Technology Adoption on Vegetable Agroforestry System in Nanggung Arif Rahmanulloh, Suseno Budidarsono & Robin Marsh Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetables Production in Southeast Asian Watershed

Objectives Identify vegetable cultivation technology on agroforestry system that socially acceptable, economically feasible, and affordable Gather timely information on technology adoption constrains Provide constrains information to SANREM technical team to inform the on farm research trials

Expected Outputs B/C Ratio of introduced technology Constrains information of technology adoption

Scope of the study Shade Management Drip irrigation Phosphorus experiment NPK optimization Indigenous vegetables at different spacing Integrated Pest Management in VAF

Methodology Research questions Research design Data collecting Timeline

Methodology Research question Do farmers know about the technology? Perceptions Dissemination process Involvement Supporting & weakening factors to apply the technology

Methodology Research question What kind of technology are socially acceptable, economically feasible and affordable? Type of technology Treatments Level of input Yield

Methodology Research question Which farmers apply the technology? Socio-economic strata (landholding, position in community) Income : sources, level (before and after)

Methodology Research question Where they apply the technology? Vegetable cultivated Physical characteristics (irrigation, slope etc) Accessibility (distance from trial plot)

Methodology Research question Do the applied technology affects farmer’s income? How? Income from vegetable cultivation Income from labor saving

Methodology Research design

Methodology Farmers Level Interviews Observation to the farmers plot Trial Plots Process documentation Observations Secondary data collecting Data collecting

Timeline 1. Documentation process (on going) June 2007-Dec Monitoring survey Mid 2008 & early 2009