HOUSEHOLD ADAPTATION STRATEGY IN DEALING WITH ECOLOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN EXPANSION OF PALM PLANTATION IN MAMUJU CENTRAL DISTRICT, INDONESIA ReniFatmasari (a*), Rahim Darma(b), Darmawan Salman(b), Yunus Musa (b)
a. Graduate School of Hasanuddin University Jl.Perintis Kemerdekaan KM.10 Makassar SulSel Indonesia/UNISMUH Makassar Jl. Sultan Alauddin No 259 Makassar SulSel Indonesia *reni.fatmasari[at]unimuh.ac.id
b. Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University Jl.Perintis Kemerdekaan KM.10 Makassar SulSel Indonesia
Abstract
Oil palm expansion occurs massively in several regions in Indonesia, one of them is in Mamuju Tengah Regency. Area of oil palm plantations in the Year 2014 covering 25,220 Ha and in the Year 2016 increased to 45,562 Ha. The impact of expansion of oil palm plantations resulted in the ecological vulnerability of the soil becomes so dry that it is not suitable anymore planted with Rice and the explosion of the number of pest populations of rats that attack rice plants so that farmers often experience crop failure. This condition became the pressure that shook the livelihood of farmer households in Central Mamuju District. Agricultural data showed a decrease of harvested area of paddy in Central Mamuju Regency since 2010 of 29,627 Ha to 11,189 Ha. The objective of this research is to know the adaptation strategy of farmer household in facing ecological vulnerability behind oil palm expansion. The results showed that the farmers households did some coping strategies, such as: selling paddy fields, converting paddy fields into oil palm plantations, giving them paddy fields to work on others and he while looking for other job such as palm oil workers.
