DEVELOPMENT OF INTERGRATED FARMING TECHNOLOGY FOR FARMER COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN BANJARARUM JAVA INDONESIA:ASSESMENT AND INTRODUCTING OF INTEGRATED FARMING
Abstract
Abstract- Single type of land use on agriculhtral practice is not a wise woy to meet all the
requirenrents for sustainability or agric ture. On the other hand, integrating crop, animal and
/ish productions mq) allow an enhancement of agro-ecosystem productirity and stability through
efrcient nutient managehent, inteEratecl managenent of soil and water resources, and a wider
tariety ofcrop, livestock and jisheries products (National Academic Sciences, 1993b). The study
is conrlucted at Banjararum villoge, Kaibawang district, Kulon Progo regenq,, Daerah lstimewa
Yogyakarta (DIY) province, Java Island, Intlonesia- The objecttves of this study were: (1) to
develop integrated farming technologt (lFT), and (2) to increase agricultural community
empowerment for sustaihable agria ttue. Totally there were three years required for conducling
the sndy, i.e. 2010-2012. It was divided in to three peiods of programs for every year. The
present study, as the lrst period ofthe study, was focused to assess the agicultural resources and
introduce the lktegrated Farming technologlt to thefarmer communities. While the second period
would be done on the implenehtatioh of notlel lFT, and the last third period would be focused on
evalLration development of the model capacity building oJ farmer group. Pdrticipatory R ral
Appraisal (PM) method was used in this sndy and implementation technique was by Foctts
Group Discnssion (FGD). There were three farmer communities in Banjarantm village were
chosen in thb strdy as a development center of integrated fdrming, i.e., Mejing, Klepu and Sentul
hamlets. The results of the frst period of the study showed that the three farmer communities at
Bahjararum was very appreciate on the development program of lFT, especially for Mejing
farmer comm nity. They also understand how to develop the IFT according to the potehtial of
their land resources. lt is recommended that developing the IFT can be continued for the ne:tt in
dc h ieri ng t he s us ta i nabi I iry of agric ul tu re.
Keywords: hygieniclence, IFT, liquid organic compost, solkl organic compost
INTRODUCTION