Adaptation strategies and social relations of highland farmer communities in Enrekang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia (case: Kaluppini Village)

Abstract

Climate change and weather conditions sometimes force the farmers to make an adaptation for survive. This research aims to determine the strategy of adaptation and social relation of farmers in the Highland area in the village Kaluppini Enrekang District Enrekang District. The data analysis used is a qualitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that the farmers in Kaluppini village had a drought problem and had the effort to get water to shorten the needs of the soil so that farmers move from rice farmers to corn farmers because by planting corn the amount of water that the plant needs is not too much so that the farmers can still cultivate it. To conduct the adaptation strategy farmer utilized social relations in the community that is giving information about word of mouth and still high culture “gotong royong” in the community of Kaluppini village.