Ulayat Land and Agrarian Reform Policy in West Sumatra

Abstract

One of the objects of Agrarian Reform in West Sumatra is the Ulayat Land. The practice is carried out by changing the status of Ulayat Land to state land through the mechanism of release by Niniak Mamak. Ulayat Land is a plot of heritage land and its natural resources obtained from generations as regulated by local governments both in designation and utilization. This study aims to explain why Ulayat Land is used as a Land Object of Agrarian Reform (TORA) in West Sumatra and why the mechanism of giving is individually and not collectively. With qualitative methods, this study analyzes the process and mechanism of assigning TORA Objects sourced from Ulayat Land to their redistribution. This study found that the determination of Ulayat Land to be state land which was then distributed to the Domo Tribe as one of the solutions offered by the Dharmasraya Regency Land Office and approved by the Nagari Customary Density (KAN). This policy is considered the best solution to save the Ulayat Land of the Domo Tribe, West Sumatra. The author concludes, to keep Ulayat Land maintained, the redistribution mechanism can be used to save Ulayat Land because all control is still under indigenous institutions (KAN). Even de jure, these lands have been redistributed to members of indigenous communities.

Implementasi Reforma Agraria Pada Era Pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo

“…Penelitian terkait dengan reforma agraria fokus pada kawasan hutan dikaji dengan berbagai perspektif (Ekawati at al., 2019;Manik at al., 2021;Khanifa at al., 2021;Dempo at al., 2021;Junarto & Djurdjani 2020;Kurniawati et al, 2019;Salim et al, 2021). Penelitian terkait reforma pada tanah ulayat masyarakat hukum adat (Wardhana, 2020;Wahyuni, 2021;Ihsan & Salim, 2022;Chandra, 2022;). Pelaksanaan reforma agraria tidak hanya memberikan efek pada sektor ekonomi saja, melainkan juga memberikan efek sosial pada kehidupan masyarakat suatu daerah (Tarfi & Amri, 2021).…”

Agrarian Reform and Indigenous Peoples: Land Management Practices of Boti Tribe

“…In this case, of course, sole proprietorship in the hands of the king is not a representation of ideal land management. As mentioned by Tahir (2002), feudalism is the cause of poverty that the way out of this system must be done through agrarian reform, but not agrarian reform by distributing land into property rights (Ihsan & Salim, 2022), but redistribution of fair land use to create custom-based welfare/local wisdom. Agrarian reform is an effort to remove feudalism by transforming the democratic system into a more modern one to achieve economic and political equality (Goldman, 2015).…”

Agrarian Reform for Indigenous Peoples: Conflicts and Redistribution Policies in Senama Nenek Village, Riau

“…Studies related to the redistribution of customary land are something that is rarely found, because so far the problem of customary land is very complicated, so there are rarely studies related to the redistribution of customary land. Based on these limitations, there was a study of customary land redistribution conducted by Ihsan and Salim (2022) which raised the issue of redistribution of customary land of the Domo Tribe indigenous community in Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatra.…”