Open AccessIndonesian’s nutmeg for the world, synergizing consumers need while increasing farmer’s welfare
Author(s) -
Andreas Parulian Pakpahan,
Nurliani Bermawie,
Wiratno Wiratno
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/418/1/012007
Subject(s) - nutmeg , indonesian , welfare , agricultural economics , business , value (mathematics) , economics , geography , economic growth , economy , market economy , biology , food science , philosophy , linguistics , machine learning , computer science
Nutmeg has been acknowledged as one of the spices that originally grown in Indonesia, namely from the Moluccas Islands. The power of values of that spice had drawn almost all nations all over the world to come to the Moluccas. In fact, Indonesian colonisation by the Western countries had closely related with the geo-climatically rich spices biodiversity’s advantages on the one hand and the weakness of knowledge, technology, political, as well as military power on the other hand. So, the world has shown the path that Indonesia that rich in economic values of spices remains as a poor country. Since the year of 1700s the value of spices in the world economy had declined dramatically relative to their roles in the period, for example in the 1600s. In recent development, however, there is an increasing trend of import of spices in general and nutmeg in particular by developed countries. History taught us that the high demand for nutmeg or spices does not necessarily has direct causality with the increasing welfare of farmers or growers of that crops in Indonesia. This article explores the potential opportunities for both increasing Indonesia farmers’ welfare and the consumer countries’s welfare as well.