Abstract
Social cohesion is one of the essential elements in participatory empowerment of landless peasants. This study aims to examine the categorization function within elements of social cohesion in empowering landless peasants using a participatory manner. The research location was set intentionally in Baturaden District, Banyumas Regency and Purbalingga Wetan Subdistrict, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia. The research method is using an intrinsic case study approach. Based on the research result showed that the predominant function within elements of social cohesion at the individual level are enthusiasm, trust, quality and closeness of social relations, solidarity and social values, while some element of social cohesion at the community level has a function towards peasant participatory in the empowerment include motives, mentality, actions, behavior, awareness of self-identity and morality. Lastly, the quality of social relations and collaboration networks is a manifestation of social cohesion which has a dominant function at the institutional level. All elements of social cohesion function are reinforcing energy and driving the activeness of landless peasant in participatory empowerment.
Highlights
Land scarcity is one of the urgent and crucial issues in the dynamic agricultural development area which has a sustainable and environmentally friendly characteristic
Social cohesion at the community level most strongly contributes to the intention, enthusiasm, willingness, and ability of respondents to be active in participatory empowerment
The enticement of social cohesion is strong at the community level to respondents so that they are active in managing business on-farm, offfarm and non-farm
Summary
Land scarcity is one of the urgent and crucial issues in the dynamic agricultural development area which has a sustainable and environmentally friendly characteristic. Conversion of agricultural land into non-agriculture land is a dilemma because on the one hand it benefits investors with businesses outside of agriculture and on the other hand, it harms the peasants and agricultural enterprises [1]. The number of landless peasants has increased steadily over time. Landless peasants are prone to the poverty traps because of their status, which shifts from peasant landowners to farm laborers. The scarcity of land due to conversion is closely related to poverty [3]. Landless peasants face various challenges, including the difficulties in getting the job opportunities and social security [5]
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