ABSTRACT
This chapter documents why the marcotting technique is a good practice in the swampy areas of South Kalimantan that helps to maintain diversity, and it is explored whether such a practice can be scaled up in other similar areas. The chapter outlines a practical case study where, remarkably, the traditional propagation technique of marcotting provides better results compared with modern grafting techniques due to its context-specific advantages that help the species to adapt to the local unique, harsh or adverse environmental conditions. Citrus cultivation in the swampy lands of Banjar district in South Kalimantan is estimated to have been developed in the 1860s. Astambul subdistrict is known as the traditional district where farmers grow and produce saplings of citrus species in South Kalimantan. Though overall citrus tree populations are much higher in Cerbon, we can see that diversity indicators for citrus in Astambul are higher than in Cerbon.
