Sustainability of rubber agroforestry strategies in boosting smallholders’ resilience to cope with the realities of new global challenges

Sustainability of rubber agroforestry strategies in boosting smallholders’ resilience to cope with the realities of new global challenges

In the face of a global pandemic, the ever-present threat of climate change and the highly unstable economic and social global systems the resource poor smallholder farmer is increasingly finding it harder to meet with the daily challenges of sustaining the livelihood of the farmer and his family. T...

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Published in:E3S Web of Conferences Vol. 305; p. 2004
Main Authors: Esekhade, T.U., Idoko, S.O., Abolo, Chioma U., Igberase, S.
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2021
Subjects:
Adaptation
Agricultural economics
Agroforestry
Climate change
Cropping systems
Farmers
Food supply
Industrial development
Management methods
Mixed cropping
Pandemics
Resilience
Rubber
rubber based agroforestry
Small farms
smallholders
Socioeconomic factors
Soil management
Soil nutrients
Sustainability
Weed control
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Summary:In the face of a global pandemic, the ever-present threat of climate change and the highly unstable economic and social global systems the resource poor smallholder farmer is increasingly finding it harder to meet with the daily challenges of sustaining the livelihood of the farmer and his family. This paper is a review of the challenges of smallholder’s rubber farmers, strategies adopted to build the resilience of the farmers and technological adaptations to sustain the resilience of the smallholder’s rubber farmers in Nigeria. The work looked at the manipulation of space or spacing techniques in rubber-based agroforestry systems, mixed farming in rubber production, cropping patterns, soil nutrient and weed management methods and socioeconomic benefits to the rubber smallholders. The results indicated that RBAF systems helped resource poor rural farmers increase family food supply, improved income and reduced the gestation period of rubber leading to improved livelihood. This results will help in attracting more smallholders to rubber plantation establishment, leading to increased national rubber production for local and international markets and increase industrial development in rubber and rubber related products.
ISSN:2267-1242
2555-0403
2267-1242
DOI:10.1051/e3sconf/202130502004