Post-adoption of the candlenut agroforestry in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

This research examined the contribution and effect of socio-economic variables toward the post-adoption of the candlenut agroforestry by using Path Analysis to provide the magnitude and significance of the hypothesized causal connection between the variables. The target population in this research includes all farmers of the agroforestry in Sigimpu and Bakubakulu villages, Palolo sub-district, Sigi District, Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia (315 farmers) out of which a number of 164 farmers were selected by using Isaac and Michael Table. The path model shows the magnitude of the direct effects to post-adoption was 48.8% and the total effect was 66.5%. The variable of satisfaction on agroforestry inheritance was greater than the variable of satisfaction on income from the agroforestry, while the variable of a number of candlenut trees was the biggest contributor to the exogenous variables. The statistical evidence indicates not only the satisfaction variables affected the post-adoption, but also they sign an important of land tenure security for along term of the management.