The Quality of Smallholder Cloves in Maluku: The Local Response to Domestic Demand for a High-Quality ProductFootnote¹

¹ The Centre for Policy and Implementation Studies (CPIS) in Indonesia funded this research in 1986–87. We gratefully acknowledge the advice and encouragement we received frorn the then Director of CPIS, Professor Arsjad Anwar, and from Donald Snodgrass and Thomas Tomich of the Harvard Institute for International Development. Ir Soetardjo Soewarno, Director of Rehabilitation and Development, Directorate General of Estate Crops, Department of Agriculture, Jakarta, provided valuable logistic Support for the research. We would also like to thank Darmawan, Sofjan Djalil, M. T. Muhammad, Nawir and Wismoyo for their research assistance. The energetic and enthusiastic cooperation of our guide, Jacob Tauran, is greatly appreciated.

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