THE FARMERS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY AGROECOPRENEUR IN SOUTH SULAWESI
| Main Authors: | Pawennari, Hijjang, Lampe, Munsi |
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| Format: | Article |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unhas.ac.id/handle/123456789/19444 |
Daftar Isi:
- Indonesia has been known as an agricultural country; however, it is ironical that almost all kinds of the staple food has been imported. Therefore, it is deemed necessary to conduct a further research to investigate why such a phenomenon occurs. The issue about the environment damages and the increasing scouring action on the economic resources of the community, such as the increasing production costs and the farming risks as well as the farmers??? dependence on the uses of the external input, has made the farmers??? expenses greater than the yields they obtained. Hence, this research aimed to describe the farmers??? local knowledge, their creativity, which could change the characters into the entrepreneurial pattern of thought. The method used was the qualitative method with the data collection techniques of depth interviews, observations, and focused group discussions. The research result revealed that the local knowledge was applied in all farming activities, starting from determining the season and selecting the seeds up to the post-harvest treatments of the production yields. In order to develop the farmers??? agroecopreneurship and their environment wisdom, the farmers??? local knowledge and creativities should be accumulated, from both the local tradition and the selected external sources, in the conducive situation and condition and actively involving all elements of the stakeholders.