Gender, Species Priorities and Domestication in South and Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

Tree domestication includes any activity that brings trees into wider cultivation to provide food, building material, medicine or other products or income from the sale of tree products. It may also positively influence conservation of endangered species, as well as provide environmental services. Research on tree domestication is not merely focused on integrating trees on farms or community land, but also must consider socio-cultural-economic factors and institutional aspects that influence the domestication process. Gender is an important factor in tree domestication that to date has not been sufficiently researched. Women and men have different sets of knowledge, experiences and strategies in addressing tree propagation, management, utilization and marketing (Kiptot and Franzel,2011). This study investigated gender roles in selecting priority species and the domestication of economically important species in South and Southeast Sulawesi