The analysis of farmers’ access mechanism and social network in community-based forest management programs in Garut Regency, West Java Province Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to analyze access mechanisms and social networks formed in community-based forest management programs. This study uses a qualitative approach through access and social network analysis based on the results of in-depth interviews with 23 farmers as s who are members of the Kramatjaya forest farmer group in Cisurupan District, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia, which were conducted from September 2020 to February 2021. the stage of maintaining access through efforts to increase and maintain types of access to capital, technology, knowledge, markets and social relations. This study also shows the form of the Radial Personal Network which shows the form of a personal network that is widespread, large, and open to outside information so that it is one way to improve the welfare of farmers.

Role and interaction between local actors in community-based forest management in Upper Citarum Hulu

“…This condition is supported by Pradana and Wiyono, 2017 that the leader of LMDH should be facilitating the program as well as having entrepreneur side. Meanwhile, Tridakusumah et al (2021) stated that the leader could be influencing because, besides the entrepreneur aspect of an actor, the actor is rich and be the place to ask related to marketing and prices, just like LMDH A who is the former of LMDH's leader. In that research (ibid.…”

“…The supervisory function in the PHBM system belongs to the farmers, although there are also forest rangers, but these actors tend to be antagonistic towards the program. The idea of giving supervisory authority to farmers is supported by Tridakusumah et al (2021) that stated farmers are needed to maintain forest security and conservation. The PHBM program can actively involve the community in the agroforestry system so that in accordance with the definition of access to forests according to Ribot and Peluso (2003) namely by involving the community in managing forest resources, community access to forests is opened and can be used as the main livelihood for the community, and reduce poverty levels (Sunderlin et al, 2007;Santika et al, 2017).…”