A Participatory Perspective on Sustainable Home-yard Food Garden (KRPL) Program: Case Study of Lumbung Mataraman in Yogyakarta Special Region

Abstract

Sustainable  farming  became  more notorious  after  global  idea  of  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was introduced in 2015. In national Indonesian level, the idea was well  interpreted  well  in  one  of  the  national  programs  named  Sustainable  Home-yard  Food Garden  (KRPL).  KRPL  program  was  designed  to  enormously  sustaining  productive  land  in household  level.  Furthermore,  this  idea  was  translated  in  local  level  throughout  Indonesia based on the locality and spatial character. In Yogyakarta Special District, sustainable farming for  limited  land was  constructed  in  Food  Security  Body  with  Lumbung  Mataraman  (LM) Program.  This  research  aims  to  evaluate  the  effect  of  the  LM  program  in  social  aspect  with participatory  perspective.  It  also  to  know  what  obstacle  faced  and  that  effort  can  succeed  it. Method used in this research was including in-depth interview, Focus Group Discussion and intensive observation in 5 farmers group. The research was organized in different location of 4 districts  and  municipal.  The  result  can  be  reported  as  three  main  aspects related  to  human resource and proper government program. The conclusion are: (a) the innovation in selecting farmer  groups  as  beneficiary  has  solved  the  problem,  but  it  should  be  supported  by  legal regulation made by government, (b) the preparedness of human resource and farmers group is important, in which the group should have the more effective activity and not merely project oriented  group,  and  (c)  the  more  sustained  program  is  needed  to  measure  the  feasibility  and viability of the program in a longer period.