Local Wisdom of Farming by Small Farmers in Rainfed Dryland of Pelat Village

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200827.095How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Local wisdom, conservation, dryland

Abstract

Dryland farmers have local wisdom knowledge on food crop-based agricultural system for generations. This research aims to learn local wisdom of traditional rainfed agricultural system by small farmers in rainfed dryland. The research is done from January to February 2019 in Pelat Village, Unter Iwes Sub-district Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The research population comprises dryland farmers who still conduct traditional system farming of 100 respondents. Farmers’ local knowledge is documented through individual interview as well as interview with dryland farmer groups in Pelat Village. The research results explain that most small farmers still maintain the local wisdom in determining planting time, land preparation, planting and harvesting by looking at the stars, natural condition, and crops. Local wisdom to cope with limited factors of dryland that are part of soil conservation include construction of terrace, rorak, ditch, and mound, and water conservation with rainwater harvesting ponds. Local wisdom of gotong royong (mutual assistance) is conducted using besiru. Farmers have high motivation to maintain the traditional agricultural system due to its low financing, seedlings that are more resistant to diseases since it is used for generations, and planting intensity for once a year. Factors influencing the motivation consist of education, farming experience, arable land area, and number of family dependents.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ieke Wulan Ayu
AU  - Soemarno Soemarno
AU  - Syaifuddin Iskandar
AU  - Gunawan Gunawan
AU  - Ade Mariyam Oklima
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - Local Wisdom of Farming by Small Farmers in Rainfed Dryland of Pelat Village
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Education and Social Sciences (ACCESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 372
EP  - 376
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200827.095
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200827.095
ID  - Ayu2020
ER  -