According to the statistical results, both household
groups have half accessibility to four out of five
livelihoods assets (human asset, natural asset, financial
asset and social asset). In general, rubber based
households are relatively better-off in financial asset than
rice based households due to higher price of rubber than
rice. In order to improve financial asset of households,
livestock can be an alternative source of income which
should be promoted. However, both household groups
have a difficulty in access to natural asset since this asset
scored the lowest score compared to others assets. The
natural asset is not only farm size but the quality of
agricultural input resources, such as soil and water which
should be duly taken into account.