The Impact of Community Based Critical Land and Water Resources Management Program on Community Welfare (Case in Nagari Tanjuang Bonai, Lintau Buo, Tanah Datar, West Sumatera)

Abstract

Community Based - Critical Land and Water Resources Management Program is a program to handle critical land and poverty alleviation in Indonesia. The objective of this program is to improve the condition of the poor living surrounding critical land forests. Participatory approach is employed in this program by involving multi-stakeholders to improve critical land to become productive land in order to increase income and welfare of the community. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of Community Based - Critical Land and Water Resources Management Program on community’s income who were directly involved in managing the critical land. This study uses a case study approach with application of descriptive quantitative and qualitative method in data analysis. Nagari Tanjuang Bonai, Lintau Buo Utara District, Tanah Datar District, West Sumatra Province was purposively selected as research location. The respondents were 32 farmers who are members of Sago Lestari farmer group (Poktan) as program implementers from 2012 to 2016. The primary data were collected using questionnaires from farmers, while interview guide was used to obtain information from key informants. The results of this study indicate that the program has been able to provide benefits to community in form of increasing in farmers’ income. The average income increases by 34.11% of the total farmers’ income participating in the program. This implies that the program has been able to improve the community’s welfare. It indirectly reduces the area of critical land and change it into productive land.

Keywords

• agroforestry, participatory, local wisdom, lintau buo