The Factors that Affect Collective Action of Farmer’s Organizations in Rural Area

The Factors that Affect Collective Action of Farmer’s
Organizations in Rural Area

 

 

Ketua : SELFA SEPTIANI AULIA S.T, M.T

Urban and Regional Planning Program

Universitas Komputer Indonesia

Indonesia

Email: selfa@email.unikom.ac.id

 

Anggota : T F Sofhani

Research Group of Regional and Rural Planning

School of Architecture

Planning and Policy Development

Institute of Technology Bandung

Indonesia

Email: tbfurqon@pl.itb.ac.id

 

 

Abstract. This study aims to uncover the factors that influence the emergence and sustainability
of collective action of FOs. Furthermore, this study analyzes the effect of collective action on
the increasing economies of scale and efficiency of FOs’ members. The content analysis method
was applied in this research. The case study involved Farmers’ Organizations located in
Kalangsuria Village, Rengasdengklok Sub-district, Karawang Regency. Much research has been
conducted on Gabungan Kelompok Tani (Gapoktan) or Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) as
farmers’ institutions that perform collective action in the agribusiness from the input process to
the processing process. However, previous research has not much explored the factors
influencing the emergence of agribusiness collective action in FOs. The limitation of previous
research leads to the failure to understand the emerging issues of processes and mechanisms of
collective action within FOs. Agribusiness activities carried out collectively by Gapoktan Sri
Mulya are related to the social bonding and social bridging to a willingness to do agribusiness
activities collectively. However, collective action in agribusiness production is not optimal,
particularly in anticipating climate change. It was because the factors of human capital, such as
education and knowledge of farmers in developing rice farming can also affect the efficiency of
farming.