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Development is a necessity that brings many benefits to the community. Indeed, the purpose of development is to provide welfare and benefits to the people and the society. The construction of Waduk Jatigede has a very good purpose, which is to provide welfare to the community, especially for irrigation in several districts in West Java. On the one hand, the effect of development also does not lead to positive change, but on the other hand, it also leads to negative influences. That is the aim of this study, to investigate the factors that bring out any positive and negative effects of such developments and to identify the positive and negative effects of the construction of Waduk Jatigede. The questions of this study are regarding the positive and negative influences that rise with the construction of Waduk Jatigede. The study used the qualitative method by conducting interviews and observations. Data were obtained through the support of the Academic Leadership Grant (ALG) Jatigede, Padjadjaran University. The results of the study show that the community does not become prosperous with the construction of Waduk Jatigede and the emergence of new entrepreneurs who become the new rich of the more developed microfinance. However, on the negative side of this development is the presence of the people who became poor due to this project since they do not have other skills than farming or their previous profession. In addition, there are various losses of local wisdom such as regarding health, religion and also of the history of places which was submerged.

Pasca penggenangan Waduk Jatigede pada tahun 2015,  sejumlah permasalahan  muncul pada masyarakat terdampak, seperti kesulitan dalam beradaptasi di lingkungan baru, antisipasi pengetahuan yang minim,  perubahan kondisi, dan mata pencaharian yang terbatas. Keterbatasan  juga terjadi pada kondisi sanitasi di lingkungan tempat tinggal mereka. Adaptasi dilakukan untuk menyiasati keadaan alam dan lingkungan yang berimbas pada pemenuhan sarana sanitasi. Maka, penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat bagaimana kondisi lingkungan dan sanitasi masyarakat Dusun Cipondoh Desa Pawenang Kecamatan Jatinunggal sebagai akibat pemukiman kembali pembangunan Waduk Jatigede, dengan menggunakan metode etnografi dan pendekatan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pengelolaan lingkungan dan sanitasi warga Dusun Cipondoh merupakan bagian dari proses adaptasi mereka di lingkungan barunya. Proses adaptasi ini merupakan sebuah tindakan yang diawali oleh adanya pengetahuan mengenai keterbatasan yang dihadapi, kemudian disusunlah strategi untuk memunculkan tindakan yang nyata dalam menyikapi keterbatasan tersebut yang dioperasionalkan dengan pengelolaan lingkungan dan sanitasi warga terdampak.  After the flooding of Jatigede dam in 2015, a number of problems arise in impacted communities in their daily activities, such as difficulties in adapting to a new environments, minimizing knowledge anticipation, changing conditions, and limited livelihoods. This limitation also occurs in sanitary conditions in their neighborhoods. Adaptation is done to deal with the natural and environmental conditions that impact on the fulfillment of sanitation facilities. So, this research is done to see how the environmental condition and sanitation of Cipondoh Village Pawenang Village Jatinunggal Subdistrict as a result of resettlement of Jatigede dam development by using ethnography approach to capture the point of view of indigenous people, their relationship with life, and to realize their vision and world. The results of this study is that environmental management and sanitation of Dusun Cipondoh residents is part of their adaptation process in their new environment. This adaptation process is an action initiated by the knowledge of the constraints faced, and then devised a strategy to bring tangible action in addressing the limitations that are operated with environmental management and sanitation of affected people.

Abtract: Indonesia is one of the fourth largest cassava producing countries in the world after Nigeria, Thailand and Brazil. The regions with the highest cassava producers in Indonesia include Lampung, Central Java, East Java, West Java and North Sumatra. However, increasing the high productivity of cassava without applying sustainable and sustainable cassava cultivation techniques can potentially cause damage to soil/agricultural land. This study discusses the factors and reasons behind farmers continuing to cultivate cassava, especially in areas located in one of the sub-districts in Bandung Regency, West Java. The method used in this study is a descriptive-explanatory qualitative method. The results showed that cassava planting activities have been carried out by farmers in this area for a long time, farmers plant cassava because cassava becomes a savings crop during the dry season. Easy planting and minimal capital are considered by farmers to plant cassava as an additional income for their farming business.Abstrak:  Indonesia merupakan salah satu Negara penghasil singkong terbanyak ke empat di dunia setelah Nigeria, Thailand, dan Brazil. Adapun daerah dengan penghasil singkong tertinggi di Indonesia anatara lain Lampung, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Jawa Barat dan Sumatera Utara. Namun, peningkatan produktivitas singkong yang tinggi tanpa menerapkan teknik budidaya singkong yang lestari dan berkelanjutan maka hal itu dapat berpotensi menyebabkan terjadinya kerusakan tanah/lahan pertanian. Penelitian ini membahas tentang faktor-faktor dan alasan yang melatarbelakangi petani tetap melakukan budidaya singkong khususnya di wilayah yang berada di salah satu kecamatan di Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif secara descriptive-explanatory. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan penanaman singkong telah dilakukan sejak dahulu oleh para petani di wilayah ini, para petani menanam singkong karena singkong menjadi tanaman tabungan di kala musim kemarau. Penanaman yang mudah dan minim modal menjadi pertimbangan petani untuk menanam singkong sebagai tambahan penghasilan usaha tani mereka.

BACKGROUND: The use of traditional medicine for maternal health is very important, to overcome various health problems experienced by mothers, using medicinal plants in the community. Especially with the past modern medicine, the modern one is expensive in medicine compared to the traditional medicine which is much cheaper. METHODS: The criteria used in this study were the existing mothers, carried out by conducting qualitative research, and also conducting a survey that conveyed how the respondents responded to medicinal plants. RESULTS: The purpose of this study was to identify medicinal plants used by mothers for their medicinal plants and recommendations for the use of good medicinal plants among mothers to overcome health problems experienced by mothers. CONCLUSION: Various types of medicinal plants are used by mothers for health and benefits for mothers. Medicinal plants used by mothers are still limited from the information obtained by mothers on the internet, and also for hereditary factors that are culturally lacking, the rest are from neighbors. Recommendations are given to carry out the necessary studies given further studies related to medicinal plants and the preservation of existing traditional cultures.