DTDP’s risk-reducing interventions serve to shift the burden of risk borne by individual farmers to the project itself until
innovations (both technological and market) are deemed to be viable and sustainable for farmers to bear individually.
Such risks include production risks, technology risks and market risks. The project’s collective approach also reduces
perception of risk among farmers, increasing confidence and encouraging individual adoption. Secondly, in regard to land
tenure, although land occupants cannot hold legal land title due to the area’s status as a forest reserve, the project
guarantees and protects usufruct rights for occupants by issuing its own land registration certificates based on cadastral
survey, along with project identity cards. Such security would be expected to incentivize long-term maintenance of soil
fertility and environmental conservation by farmers. Thirdly, by offering a guaranteed market for produce, market risk is
eliminated, though a number of growers choose to exercise their right to sell to external buyers.