Tnyafar: Women, Livelihoods Strategy Based on Agroforestry (Case Study in Selaru Island, Tanimbar Island District)

DOI

10.2991/aer.k.200325.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tnyafar, women, livelihood strategy, agroforestry, small island

Abstract

Selaru Island community has long ago been familiar with activity of fulfilling needs through Tnyafar. Being a local wisdom, every household used Tnyafar as a livelihood strategy. Through Tnyafar, community exploited natural resources regularly to ensure the fulfillment of the needs. This research was aimed to analyze community activity that based on local wisdom and to understand the position of local wisdom in the process of fulfilling needs. Research used qualitative approach. Data collection technique involved depth interview and focussed group discussion. Informants were selected with Snowball Technique with land-owner as key informants. Other informants included Tnyafar Chief, Village Chief, and Tnyafar members either men or women. Result of research indicated that Tnyafar was a local wisdom expression in small island that takes into account the limited natural resources as the inheritance for the next generation. Also through Tnyafar, women did work activity together to ensure the fulfillment of needs. All the needs including food, cloth and shelter were fulfilled through the work output at Tnyafar.

Copyright

© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Junianita Fridianova Sopamena
AU  - August Ernst Pattiselanno
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/30
TI  - Tnyafar: Women, Livelihoods Strategy Based on Agroforestry (Case Study in Selaru Island, Tanimbar Island District)
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANRes 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 17
EP  - 22
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.200325.004
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.200325.004
ID  - Sopamena2020
ER  -