Livelihood strategies of farmer households in the face of changing weather patterns: a case study from Sangiran Region

Abstract

Java Island is the region where agriculture plays an important role in the economic activity of Indonesia. Nevertheless, the changing weather pattern in Sangiran has affect the cropping patterns, time of planting, production, and quality of the agriculture. Climate change affects the agricultural production loss between 5 - 20 %, while the long-term impact is the absence of farmers working on dry land. This sort of thing recently happens in Sangiran region which is a granary in Central Java because of the adaptation of the community. The purpose of this study was to determine the household livelihood strategies of farmers in the face a changing weather pattern in the Sangiran region. This research uses descriptive quantitative and qualitative approaches (mix method) in Sangiran region with multi-stage random sampling technique. The results of the research show that farmer households in Sangiran region face a changing weather pattern. Coping strategies that the farmers do while their facing changes in rainfall patterns are selling assets or property, money loan, reduce daily consumption, and change jobs. Strategies that the farmer households do to cope with the loss of assets are applying for a loan to a financial institution and working for someone else.