Land Consolidation Challenges to Improve Farm Management Through the Establishment of Rice Farming Estate Community Latief Mahir Rachman (a*), Amiruddin Saleh (b), Johan David Wetik (b), Palahudin (b), Ardiana (b)
a) Department of Soil Science and Land Resource, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University
Jalan Meranti, Kampus IPB Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
*latiefra[at]apps.ipb.ac.id
b) Center of Human Resource Development-Research Institutions and Community Service (P2SDM-LPPM), IPB University
Kampus IPB Baranangsiang, Bogor 16153, Indonesia
Abstract
In order to improve agricultural productivity and also empowering farmer^s income and profitability, one of the most crucial problem is a small size of land or limited agricultural working land or land tenure. Therefore, land consolidation is needed to enlarging the farmer^s agricultural working land or land tenure which could improve effectiveness and efficiency of the cultivation, empowering farmer^s bargaining position as well as increasing agricultural productivity. In order to support government initiative through food estate programe to achieve self food sufficiency, the most recent innovation which has been introduced was forming a corporate farming or agricultural estate community that could further enhancing and nurturing farmer^s collective work. This initiative has been tested on several agricultural research locations in Indonesia, including Malang Regency, East Java Province, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java and Banyuasin and Musi Banyuasin Regencies in South Sumatera Province, focusing on paddy areas. Nevertheless, land consolidation is still difficult to be accomplished, but the forming of the Paddy or Rice Estate Community is a good start. Then, the solution offered is to set and situated units of land management managed by the Rice Estate Community.
Keywords: corporate farming, land consolidation, rice estate community
Topic: Emerging Technologies in Agricultural Production Systems
