THE FUTURE OF AGRARIAN VILLAGE: AGRARIAN SECURITY AND DEAGRARIANIZATION PROBLEM IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Deagrarianization marks changes in rural areas worldwide. Villages are no longer associated with agriculture as the main livelihood. Agriculture began to be neglected, in particular by younger generation as it’s assumed to unable to fulfill the desired welfare standards. This study was aimed to analyse the dimensions of agrarian security and agricultural community strategies in developing agrarian security. The study was conducted using the community case study method. Emic perspective was applied in this study by close reading through an ethnographic approach. Field research was conducted in mid 2017 until the beginning of 2019. The study involved 42 informants from the older and younger generations in the community. The results showed that agrarian security supports the community to survive as a solid agrarian community with their agrarian lifestyle. Land availability, land access, land use orientation, and community stability are amongst the dimensions of agrarian security that support the existence of the agricultural community.

Keywords

• agrarian security
• agrarian village
• agricultural community