Agroforestry Potential in CDK IX^s Assisted Areas of the Central Java Environment and Forestry Agency 1 Bulan Prabawani, 2 Hardi Warsono, 1 Reni Shinta Dewi, 3 Nurul Hapsari
1 Business Administration, 2 Public Policy Programs of Diponegoro University, 3 University of 17 August 1945, Jl. Prof. Soedarto, SH Tembalang Semarang, Indonesia 50275 bulan[at]live.undip.ac.id
Abstract
Agroforestry is a form of sustainable farming that human needs, especially food, are met without jeopardizing the fulfillment of future needs. Agroforestry is an urgent need, especially in highland areas in Central Java, which choose monoculture agriculture with high economic benefits but has the potential to damage the environment and endanger the ecosystem. Since 2017, the Government through the Regional Forestry Service Branch Office IX (CDK Wilayah IX) has provided guidance to farming communities in the Districts of Magelang and Temanggung, however, the output from agroforestry cannot be measured economically since the age of the plant was only 3 years old. Using in-depth interviews and field observations, this study found that the CDK IX farming community has implemented agrosilvopastoral farming that there are arrangements for cropping and spacing patterns also agricultural support livestock. In addition, there is a pattern of spatial alternate rows that the planting rows were arranged. The potential for success of agroforestry in this region was identified due to the support of government development through field extension workers, local leadership, and local wisdom. However, there were problems of low community participation, low education, and knowledge, also seeds acceptance from donors that were not in the planting period.
Keywords: agroforestry- government support- local leadership- local wisdom
