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OBJECTIVES
The specific objectives of the study were to evaluate the historical profile of RFFS
and to present ~ ts status in Indonesia and West Java; to determine the role of certain
institutions in the development of RFFS; to identify the new technology developed
within the farming system framework and the extent to which the technology had
been adopted; to determine the degree to which the adoption of the RFFS had
increased the efficiency of input use, rice production, net income of the farm
households, and their purchasing power; to measure the degree to which the
purchasing power had improved the quality of the consumption pattern and the
accumulation of productive assets by the farm households; and to identify the
potential for, and constraints to, future development.
Sampling
METHODOLOGY
Stratified random sampling was used to identify 20 farmer-cooperators from each of
the three farming system models ( FS I, FS 11, and FS 111). Sixty farmers were
intensively monitored for 2 yr.
Data collection
Rapid rural appraisal (RRA) was used to gather information on the institutional
impact of FSR. Interviews were conducted with related key informants [i.e.,
researchers from SURIF and the Freshwater Fishery Research Institute, Regional
Office of Agricultural Ministry, Provincial Fishery Extension Service, Provincial
Intensification Coordinator (Bimas), and District Fishery Extension Service, and a
few farmers and traders at Binong, West Java]. Relevant secondary data were also
gathered from these institutions. In addition, secondary data were collected from the
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).
Data were collected on the history of RFFS, the progress and present status
of RFFS, share of RFFS to freshwater fish production, the marketing system, the
su port system, constraints, the role of institutions in RFFS, and other related
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in ormation. On-farm data were collected each day using an intensive record-
keeping technique for a period of 2 yr. Data recorded during the first year included:
input-output, food-consumption pattern, nonfood expenditures (e.g., education,
health, recreation, and clothes), productive assets (e.g., livestock, agricultural
equipment, and bicycles), and nonproductive assets (e.g., radios and television). In
the second year, a periodic record-keeping method (four times per season) was used
for production activities.