Impact of Community Forestry Policy on Farmers in Rinjani Protected Forest Area

• Main Authors: Ryke Nandini, Ambar Kusumandari, Totok Gunawan, Ronggo Sadono
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2016-06-01
• Series: JEJAK: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Kebijakan
• Subjects: ommunity forestry, income, poverty, behavior change
• Online Access: http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/jejak/article/view/7185

<em><span lang="IN">The aim of this </span><span>research i</span><span lang="IN">s to know</span><span>:</span><span lang="IN"> (1) </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">economic condition</span><span>s</span><span lang="IN"> of </span><span>the community forestry (HKm) </span><span lang="IN">farmer</span><span>s</span><span>seen </span><span lang="IN">from </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">income and </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">poverty</span><span> level</span><span lang="IN">; (2) </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">social condition</span><span>s</span><span lang="IN"> of </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">HKm farmer</span><span>s</span><span>seen </span><span lang="IN">from </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">education</span><span> level</span><span lang="IN"> and </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">behavior changes; and (3)</span><span> the </span><span lang="IN">change of social economic</span><span> conditions</span><span lang="IN"> of </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">HKm farmer</span><span>s</span><span lang="IN"> in 2008-2015. This </span><span>research</span><span>is</span><span lang="IN"> conducted from April to July in 2015 and located in four HKm groups of Rinjani pr</span><span>otect</span><span lang="IN">ed </span><span>forest </span><span lang="IN">area (RTK I). </span><span>The d</span><span lang="IN">ata collection </span><span>is conducted</span><span lang="IN"> by </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">interview</span><span>s with questionnaire</span><span>to </span><span lang="IN">102 HKm farmers </span><span>using the</span><span lang="IN"> Slovin’s formula with 10% of significant degree</span><span>.</span><span>This is</span><span lang="IN"> implemented </span><span>in descriptive analysis.</span><span lang="IN"> The </span><span>research </span><span lang="IN">result show</span><span>s</span><span lang="IN"> that</span><span>:</span><span lang="IN"> (1) </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">average income of the HKm farmer</span><span>s</span><span lang="IN"> is Rp</span><span lang="IN">1</span><span>,</span><span lang="IN">739</span><span>,</span><span lang="IN">677 per month/ha and 59</span><span>.</span><span lang="IN">8% of farmers are </span><span>above</span><span lang="IN"> the poverty line; (2) the farmers are increasingly aware of education (there are only 5</span><span>.</span><span lang="IN">9% </span><span>members of </span><span lang="IN">farmer’s family who are uneducated) and the</span><span> lack of</span><span>firewood utilization</span><span lang="IN"> (there are only 23</span><span>.</span><span lang="IN">5% farmers who are still using </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">firewood); and (3) </span><span>in the period of</span><span lang="IN"> 2008 to 2015 the </span><span>average </span><span lang="IN">income </span><span>of the farmers </span><span lang="IN">per month increases</span><span> at</span><span lang="IN"> 52,03%; </span><span>the poverty level decreases at </span><span lang="IN">46</span><span>.</span><span lang="IN">5%, and </span><span>there is a behavior change in which</span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">dependence on </span><span>the </span><span lang="IN">forest resources </span><span>in the form of</span><span lang="IN"> firewood decreases</span></em>