Proceedings of the First International Conference on Culture, Literature, Language Maintenance and Shift, CL-LAMAS 2019, 13 August 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Cassava as Ambiguous Plants: Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.13-8-2019.2290202,
        author={Haryono  Rinardi and Sutedjo K. Widodo},
        title={Cassava as Ambiguous Plants:  Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Culture, Literature, Language Maintenance and Shift, CL-LAMAS 2019, 13 August 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={CL-LAMAS},
        year={2019},
        month={12},
        keywords={cassava; food crops; trade plants},
        doi={10.4108/eai.13-8-2019.2290202}
    }
    
  • Haryono Rinardi
    Sutedjo K. Widodo
    Year: 2019
    Cassava as Ambiguous Plants: Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period
    CL-LAMAS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-8-2019.2290202
Haryono Rinardi1,*, Sutedjo K. Widodo1
  • 1: Universitas Diponegoro
*Contact email: rinardiharyono@yahoo.com

Abstract

This paper entitled Cassava as Ambiguous Plants: Study of the Role of Cassava in Java Island in the Colonial Period using the historical method in the preparation. This paper discusses the role and benefits of cassava in Java during the colonial period. This paper reveals that cassava is useful as a trading crop and as a food crop during the colonial period. That situation then made the plant known as an ambiguous plant, because it has a dual role. This is an interesting finding because basically plants only have one benefit, namely whether they are trading crops or food.