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Rural Community Transformation in Agriculture

Management (from Conventional to Conservation

Agriculture) in East Java, Indonesia

1*
Medea Ramadhani Utomo

1 Social Economic Department, Agricultural Faculty, Brawijaya University, Veteran Road,
Malang, East Java, Indonesia, 65145, Tel: +62341 – 551611, Fax: 560011

*Corresponding Author: medea@ub.ac.id and +6281333142612

Abstract

The increasing demand for food can transform from traditional agriculture to conventional
farming agriculture does not always offer long-term benefits. The rural communities in the
province of East Java are largely driven by economic advantages. Occasionally, farmers
have peak saturation because optimal yields are difficult to produce. The decrease in
production is due to a decline in land resources capacity. Farmers begin to think about
the proper management of agricultural land for the safety of their economic value for
environmental damage. The transformation from traditional to contemporary traits is also
called the direction of change and explicitly explains the social-ecological system of
transformation. The conversion to conservation agriculture is seen to overcome a number
of problems arising from conventional practices which are not environmentally sound. The
transformation of traditional agriculture into conservation can be done through research
through action research. The results found that farmers transformed towards
conservation agriculture because it was considered to provide product diversification,
reduce crop failure and be able to minimize environmental damage. Ecologically, natural
pest control will reduce production costs and be safe for the environment. Economically,
conservation plants provide more economic value and can be easily reached without
expensive maintenance costs. Socially, collective awareness will provide conservation
actions that appear both mechanical conservation and vegetative conservation. In order
to simplify conservation practices, traditional methods have been developed using
modern methods. Modern methods are applied in widening paddy fields, using biological
agents, improving irrigation and drainage systems, construction of water reservoirs.
Vegetatively, multiplying intercropping plants, reinforcing plants, ornamental plants and