ECONOMIC RESILIENCE OF FARMER HOUSEHOLDS IN LEBAK SWAMPLAND TO THE IMPACT OF FLOOD DISASTER IN HULU SUNGAI UTARA REGENCY

Abstract

North Hulu Sungai Regency is a district located in South Kalimantan, with the potential for lebak swamp land cultivated for rice crops. In the last year, the amount of rice harvested in North Hulu Sungai Regency has decreased. The rice harvest area in 2019 was 26,048.60 ha, with a production of 143,403.02 tons with an average production of 55.05 quintals / ha. In 2020, there was a drastic decrease, namely the rice harvest area to 19,131.80 ha, with production of 103,749.20 tons with an average production of 54.23 quintals / ha. This decrease is one of the results of the impact of flooding caused by increased rainfall. This study aims to (1) analyze the vulnerability level of farmer households; and (2) analyze the resilience of farmer households when experiencing flooding in lebak swampland, North Hulu Sungai Regency. The number of samples used in this study was 100 rice farmers. The data analysis used is equation analysis LVI-IPCC (Livelihood Vulnerability Index- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and descriptive analysis. The results showed that the LVI-IPCC of rice farming households in North Hulu Sungai District amounted to 0.2059 so it can be said that these farmer households are vulnerable to flooding caused by climate change. In North Hulu Sungai District, it shows that the sensitivity factor is the highest LVI factor contributing to vulnerability, which is 0.5500. The average level of resilience of farmer households is low (three to four actions taken by farmers) at 69 percent, the rest is in the very low category (only one to two actions taken by farmers) at 31 percent.

Keywords

• lvi-ipcc
• hulu sungai utara
• resilience
• households