Adaptation to Climate Change through a Social Innovation Approach in Keduang Watershed, Java, Indonesia

Abstract

An innovation system is an approach to economic development that uses science and technology to provide added value. A social innovation approach as an effort to adapt to climate change aims to understand and utilize climate and weather information/predictions to adjust planting times, patterns, and plant types in order to achieve optimal production of food commodities despite weather disruptions. This research aims to show the importance of a social innovation system as an approach to climate change adaptation. The research is qualitative with a case study strategy and a phenomenological approach. The target of a qualitative approach is a comprehensive description of social life. The analysis of qualitative data combines the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing of a conclusion in a repetitive and cyclic way. The research results show that the dimensions of social innovation in a model of integrated ecological agriculture are the form and character implemented and internalized in the structure. The model of technological input introduced is highly compatible with the approach strategy for climate change adaptation as it produces a relatively high yield, with greater profit, easier crop maintenance, and efficient irrigation, enabling farmers to produce vegetable commodities on a daily basis to facilitate marketing.