Lessson-Learned: Participatory Action Research Project with Upland Smallholder Farmers Practicing Cropland Agroforestry System in Wonogiri Regency to Support National Food Security

Abstract

Indonesia government pays little attention to address impending threat of the existences of upland smallholder farmers due to insufficient farm income. This condition poses an imminent threat to national food security. One of the initiatives to address the condition is participatory action research project conducted by Faculty of Forestry UGM with 12 upland smallholder farmers in Wonogiri regency from 2016 to 2018. The result of the participatory action research project showed that although the 12 smallholder farmers practice cropland agroforestry system in marginal land, their increased rice production could improve farm income, be similar in rice field and support national food security. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating lesson-learned of the participatory action research project. This study was conducted on January-March 2020, used participant observation and semi-structure interview methods to collect data from the 12 smallholder farmers. After the collected data were analyzed by descriptive method, this study founded four points of lesson-learned including (1) finding a responsive smallholder farmer group; (2) minimizing negative role of local elite; (3) maximizing positive role of local elite; (4) implementing modified technology package.

Community Participation in Forest Conservation as A Forest Fire Mitigation and Adaptation on The Arjuno Mountain

“…Community participation as one of the mitigation and adaptation efforts in activities is widely carried out in Indonesia in agricultural activities (Hidayah et al 2021;Putra et al 2021;Prasetyo and Firdauzi 2023), biodiversity conservation (Truong 2022), animal conservation (Ihsannudin and Antriyandarti 2022), tourism activities (Santoso et al 2018;Anggraini 2021;Maryani and Yani 2022), and forest and land fire mitigation (Sapkota et al 2015;Ni'mah et al 2018).…”

“…The agroforestry system is one of the management preferences to enhance the economy and biodiversity in the forest. The cropland agroforestry system in marginal land can increase rice production and farmer income and support national food security (Hidayah et al 2021;Hidayat et al 2023). People's experiences, knowledge, and perceptions about forest resources contribute to conservation areas (Truong et al 2022).…”

“…The participation of local people is mainly for social and cultural activities. The biodiversity is dominated by participation activity in Vietnam (Truong 2022), Masakambing Island of Indonesia (Ihsannudin and Antriyandarti 2022), Wonogiri of Indonesia (Hidayah et al 2021), Lore Lindu National Park of Indonesia (Hamzari 2011). The good learn in mitigation and adaptation in forest fire areas is in Mount Ciremai National Park, Indonesia, which can increase the income of MPA through ecotourism (Ni'mah et al 2018).…”