Pemberdayaan petani perempuan dalam membangun pengelolaan pertanian berkelanjutan: Studi kasus usaha pertanian organik di Desa Claket, Jawa Timur

Abstract

Women farmers’ vulnerability due to low access to resources, reduced soil fertility, and the inability of farmers to obtain added value in the market causes poverty upwards among women farmers. Empowerment is an essential concern to improve their quality of life. This study aims to analyse the process of empowering women in organic farming models and the Participatory Guarantee System for organic standards. The study was conducted by taking the case of women farmers community in Claket Village, Mojokerto Regency, East Java Province. The qualitative research approach with data collection techniques through interviews with 16 informants. The results showed that the farmer empowerment was carried out in two processes. Firstly, by changing conventional agricultural cultivation behavior into organic cultivation. Secondly, by establishing a Participatory Guarantee System for organic that can increase the autonomy of women farmers both in terms of cultivation and involvement in the agricultural chain system. Both empowerment processes can be carried out for women farmers despite they have low educational background, limited land, multiple roles in the household, or in older ages. In addition, patience, the nature of togetherness, and the desire to learn are the keys to the success of organic farming businesses in women farmers group.

Penerapan Gerakan Tani Pro Organik di Kelompok Tani Takbau I Desa Binuang Kecamatan Bangkinang Kabupaten Kampar Provinsi Riau

“…Penelitian dilakukan dengan mewawancarai informan yang terdiri dari pengurus kelompok tani, pendamping petani, dan aparat desa. Untuk meningkatkan kualitas data, penelitian ini menggunakan teknik member checking, yaitu dengan menanyakan pertanyaaan yang sama dalam beberapa jenis informan dan melakukan pengecekan konsistensi jawaban dari berbagai informan tersebut (Ningrum et al, 2022).…”

Implementation of Ministry of Agriculture Policy Number 64 of 2013 Concerning the Organic Agriculture System at the Food Security, Food Crops and Horticulture Office of North Sumatra Province

“…Indonesia is one of the agricultural countries whose development is based on agriculture, but agricultural development has so far not been able to improve the welfare of farmers. This is because the agricultural system in Indonesia is still mostly applying the conventional agricultural system, namely the agricultural cultivation system with an intensification model and the use of manufacturer input materials in this case fertilizers and chemical agricultural drugs (Bakhtiar, 2022;Ningrum et al, 2021;Suwantoro, 2008). This condition can make farmers increasingly dependent on the manufacturer's products, poor in innovation and trapped into a high-cost production system due to the high cost of these factory products.…”