Dukungan Kelembagaan Masyarakat dalam Pembelajaran Petani untuk Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari di Kab. Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa YOGYAKARTA dan Kab. Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Forest Management is facing the challenge of implementing the sustainable forest management which includes private forest. Successfully gained the Ecolabel Certificate, some private forest management units in Central Java and Yogyakarta's districts prove that the small units run by farmers are able to implement the sustainable forest management. The farmers' success in implementing the sustainable forest management must have been gained through learning process. How the learning process was and what local institutions influencing the farmers' learning process of the sustainable private forest management were, were the research questions of this study. The study used explanatory survey method on 200 farmers in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Data collection was conducted from December 2009 to February 2010. The data were analyzed by using descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). The conclusions are : (1) informal local institutions have stronger influence in farmers' learning than formal institution;(2) local institution aspects : norm, objection of organisation, leadership are potential aspects in influencing farmers' learning intensity; (3) farmers' learning intensity can be improved by strengthening informal local institutions and improving farmers' capacities in organisation management

Model Pengembangan Pembelajaran Petani dalam Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari: Kasus di Kabupaten Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa YOGYAKARTA dan Kabupaten Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Pengelolaan hutan, termasuk pengelolan hutan oleh masyarakat menghadapi tantangan dalam mewujudkan pengelolaan hutan secara berkelanjutan (lestari). Keberhasilan petani dalam pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat di Kabupaten Gunung Kidul dan Wonogiri sampai memperoleh Sertifikat Ekolabel membuktikan bahwa masyarakat dapat mengelola hutan secara lestari. Keberhasilan tersebut merupakan hasil dari suatu proses belajar. Bagaimana pembelajaran masyarakat dan faktor penentu keberhasilan proses belajar petani tersebut merupakan pertanyaan penelitian ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode dengan 200 responden petani Hutan Rakyat sertifikasi di Kabupaten Gunung Kidul dan Wonogiri, serta 60 responden petani Hutan Rakyat yang belum disertifikasi, sebagai perbandingan. Pengambilan data dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2009 sampai dengan Februari 2010. Analisa data dilakukan menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensial, Structural Equations Model (SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Intensitas belajar petani pengelola Hutan Rakyat sertifikasi rendah, disebabkan oleh faktor kelembagaan pendukung pembelajaran, kelembagaan internal masyarakat, kompetensi penyuluh, dan karakteristik individu petani; (2) kelembagaan pendukung pembelajaran dan kelembagaan internal masyarakat memiliki peran penting dalam pembelajaran petani; (3) intensitas belajar petani dapat ditingkatkan dengan meningkatkan kolaborasi kelembagaan pendukung pembelajaran petani dan peningkatan kompetensi penyuluh

Dukungan Kelembagaan Masyarakat dalam Pembelajaran Petani untuk Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari di Kab. Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta dan Kab. Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Forest Management is facing the challenge of implementing the sustainable forest management which includes private forest. Successfully gained the Ecolabel Certificate, some private forest management units in Central Java and Yogyakarta’s districts prove that the small units run by farmers are able to implement the sustainable forest management. The farmers’ success in implementing the sustainable forest management must have been gained through learning process. How the learning process was and what local institutions influencing the farmers’ learning process of the sustainable private forest management were, were the research questions of this study. The study used explanatory survey method on 200 farmers in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Data collection was conducted from December 2009 to February 2010. The data were analyzed by using descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). The conclusions are : (1) informal local institutions have stronger influence in farmers’ learning than formal institution;(2) local institution aspects : norm, objection of organisation, leadership are potential aspects in influencing farmers’ learning intensity; (3) farmers’ learning intensity can be improved by strengthening informal local institutions and improving farmers’ capacities in organisation management.Keywords: Sustainable private forest management, private forest, farmers’ learning process, local institutions, social capita

Kelembagaan Pendukung Pembelajaran Petani dalam Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari (Kasus di Kab. Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta dan Kabupaten Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah)

Forest Management is facing the challenge of implementing the sustainable forest management which includes private forest. Successfully gained the Ecolabel Certificate, some private forest management units in Central Java and Yogyakarta’s districts prove that the small units run by farmers are able to implement the sustainable forest management. The farmers’ success in implementing the sustainable forest management must have been gained through learning process. How the learning process was and what farmers’ learning support institutions influencing of the sustainable private forest management were, were the research questions of this study. The study used explanatory survey method on 200 farmers in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Data collection was conducted from December 2009 to February 2010. The data were analyzed by using descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). The conclusions are: (1) there are significant differentiation about farmer’s learning support institutions in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. In Gunung Kidul District the institutions are integrated in one team work which legitimated by Bupati (the Head of District); (2) farmers’ learning intensity is low. It was significantly influenced by farmers’ learning support institutions; (3) farmers’ learning intensity can be improved by farmer empowerment activities and competent personnels.Keyword: Sustainable private forest management, farmers’ learning process, support system of farmer’s learning institutions, collaboratio